Level i versus level II trauma centers: An outcomes-based assessment

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1321-1326

  Cudnik, Michael T ^a,c   Newgard, Craig D ^b   Sayre, Michael R ^a   Steinberg, Steven M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Trauma centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67649639473     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181929e2b     Document Type: Article

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