A population-based analysis of injury-related deaths and access to trauma care in rural-remote northwest British Columbia

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-19

  Simons, Richard ^a,b   Brasher, Penelope ^c   Taulu, Tracey ^a   Lakha, Nasira ^e   Molnar, Nadine ^a   Caron, Nadine ^b   Schuurman, Nadine ^d   Evans, David ^a,b   Hameed, Morad ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BC Trauma Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

EMS systems; Preventable trauma death; Rural remote trauma; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 77954715656     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e17b39     Document Type: Article

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