Trauma Center Finances and Length of Stay: Identifying a Profitability Inflection Point

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 817-821

  Fakhry, Samir M ^a   Couillard, Debbie ^a   Liddy, Casey T ^a   Adams, David ^a   Norcross, E Douglass ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952318539     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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