Access to pediatric trauma care in the United States

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 512-518

  Nance, Michael L ^a   Carr, Brendan G ^b   Branas, Charles C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR AMBULANCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL HEALTH; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66349111332     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.65     Document Type: Article

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