Long-lasting performance improvement after formalization of a dedicated trauma service

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 569-574

  Groven, Sigrid ^a,c   Eken, Torsten ^b   Skaga, Nils Oddvar ^b   Roise, Olav ^b,d   Naess, Paal Aksel ^a   Gaarder, Christine ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Sykehuset Buskerud HF   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Injury; Mortality; Performance improvement; Trauma centers; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE MIX; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANDINAVIA; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIABLE LIFE ADJUSTED DISPLAY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79952776358     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820d1a9b     Document Type: Article

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