Performance and consistency of care in admitted trauma patients: Our next great opportunity in trauma care?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 443-448

  Chua, Wei Chong ^a   D'Amours, Scott K ^a   Sugrue, Michael ^a   Caldwell, Erica ^a   Brown, Katherine ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical error; Near miss; Performance indicator; Trauma audit patient safety; Trauma care; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650606709     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04946.x     Document Type: Article

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