Expert consensus vs empirical estimation of injury severity effect on quality measurement in trauma

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-332

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Osier, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Meredith, Wayne ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65349091396     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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