The missing dead: The problem of case ascertainment in the assessment of trauma center performance

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1218-1224

  Gomez, David ^a,c   Xiong, Wei ^a   Haas, Barbara ^a   Goble, Sandra ^b   Ahmed, Najma ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c Queen Wing   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dead on arrival; External benchmarking; Risk adjustment; Trauma quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651043511     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819a04d2     Document Type: Article

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