Emergency department visits: The cost of trauma centers

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-251

  Kim, Kyung Hye ^a   Carey, Kathleen ^b,c   Burgess Jr , James F ^c,d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Center for Organization Leadership and Management Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Economies of scale; Hospital; Trauma care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; TEXAS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 70349320565     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-008-9088-1     Document Type: Article

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