Characteristics of pediatric trauma transfers to a level i trauma center: Implications for developing a regionalized pediatric trauma system in California

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1364-1373

  Acosta, Colleen D ^a   Kit Delgado, M ^a   Gisondi, Michael A ^b   Raghunathan, Amritha ^a   D'Souza, Peter A ^a   Gilbert, Gregory ^c   Spain, David A ^a   Christensen, Patrice ^c   Wang, N Ewen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Mateo County Mental Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649987707     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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