The medical and retrieval costs of road crashes in rural and remote northern Queensland, 2004-2007: Findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 54-56

  O'Connor, Teresa M ^a   Hanks, Heather A ^a   Elcock, Mark S ^b   Turner, Richard C ^a   Veitch, Craig ^c,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 59349112502     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02274.x     Document Type: Article

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