A model for identifying and ranking need for trauma service in nonmetropolitan regions based on injury risk and access to services

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-62

  Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Bell, Nathaniel ^a   Hameed, Morad S ^a   Simons, Richard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to definitive care; Geographic information systems; Location model; Social vulnerability; Trauma services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CENSUSES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 67649971194     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815efe0e     Document Type: Article

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