Decreasing regional neurosurgical workforce-A blueprint for disaster

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1367-1372

  Harbrecht, Brian G ^a   Smith, Jason W ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Miller, Frank B ^a   Richardson, J David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Trauma systems; Traumatic brain injury; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 77953760520     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d990da     Document Type: Article

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