The Trauma Quality Improvement Program of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Shafi, Shahid ^a,b   Nathens, Avery B ^a,c   Cryer, H Gill ^a,d   Hemmila, Mark R ^a,e   Pasquale, Michael D ^a,f   Clark, David E ^a,g   Neal, Melanie ^a   Goble, Sandra ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a,h   Fildes, John J ^a,i  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAUMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 70349425680     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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