"July effect": An evaluation of a level I teaching hospital's trauma service seasonal mortality rates

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 878-879

  Stout, Christopher L ^a,b   Chapman, Jason R ^b   Scoglietti, Vincent C ^b   Long, Eric L ^b   Vaughn, Danny M ^b   Abercrombie, Caroline L ^b   Goel, Ankur ^b   Ashley, D W ^b   Wynne, J L ^b   Chen, Fan ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 66449111893     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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2. Claridge JA, Schulman AM, Sawyer RG, et al. The "July- phenomenon" and the care of the severely injured patient: Fact or fiction? Surgery 2001;130:346-353