Resource commitment to improve outcomes and increase value at a level i trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 560-568

  Sise, C Beth ^a   Sise, Michael J ^a   Kelley, Dorothy M ^a   Walker, Sarah B ^a   Calvo, Richard Y ^a   Shackford, Steven R ^a   Lome, Barbara R ^a   Sack, Daniel I ^a   Osler, Turner M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dedicated trauma care unit; Length of stay; Mortality; Nurse practitioners; Trauma center; Value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESIDENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGEON; SURVIVOR; TRAUMA CARE UNIT;

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79952795287     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820c7b79     Document Type: Article

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