Increased survival among severe trauma patients: The impact of a national trauma system

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1231-1236

  Peleg, Kobi ^a   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^a   Stein, Michael ^b   Kluger, Yoram ^c,d   Michaelson, Moshe ^e   Rivkind, Avraham ^f   Boyko, Valentina ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; ISRAEL; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SURVIVAL; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 7744231973     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.11.1231     Document Type: Article

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