Trauma Surgeon Mortality Rates Correlate with Surgeon Time at Institution

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 750-753

  McKenney, Mark G ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a   Schulman, Carl ^a   Stahl, Ken ^a   Lineen, Edward ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Augenstein, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FLORIDA; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 64949121061     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.036     Document Type: Article

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