The volume-outcomes relationship for united states level i trauma centers

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Bennett, Kyla M ^a   Vaslef, Steven ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a   Scarborough, John E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

trauma center verification; trauma center volume; trauma outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953063127     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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