Hospital performance in caring for injured patients: Does the type of injury make a difference?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1121-1126

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^b   Meredith, Wayne ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 73149105709     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.218     Document Type: Article

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