Quality of care within a trauma center is not altered by injury type

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 716-720

  Shafi, Shahid ^a   Ahn, Chul ^a   Parks, Jennifer ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^b   Cryer, Henry M ^c   Gentilello, Larry M ^a   Hemmila, Mark ^d   Fildes, John J ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of care; TQIP; Trauma centers; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949431104     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a7bec0     Document Type: Article

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