External benchmarking of trauma center performance: Have we forgotten our elders?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Haas, Barbara ^a   Gomez, David ^a   Xiong, Wei ^a   Ahmed, Najma ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BENCHMARKING; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751641024     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f9be97     Document Type: Article

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