Validation of length of hospital stay as a surrogate measure for injury severity and resource use among injury survivors

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-150

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Fleischman, Ross ^a   Choo, Esther ^a   Ma, O John ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^b   McConnell, K John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Hospital stay; Injury severity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICARE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049108958     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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