Disparities in the delivery of pediatric trauma care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Petrosyan, Mikael ^a,b   Guner, Yigit S ^b,c   Emami, Claudia N ^a,b   Ford, Henri R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities in pediatric trauma; Pediatric trauma; Pediatric trauma center

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; INJURY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349255576     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ad3251     Document Type: Review

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