Establishing the evidence base for trauma quality improvement: A collaborative WHO-IATSIC review

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1075-1086

  Juillard, Catherine J ^a,b   Mock, Charles ^c   Goosen, Jacques ^d   Joshipura, Manjul ^e   Civil, Ian ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Academy of Traumatology India   (India)

^f AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67349242985     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-9959-8     Document Type: Article

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