The effectiveness of regionalized burn care: An analysis of 6,873 burn admissions in North Carolina from 2000 to 2007

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Holmes IV, James H ^a   Carter, Jeffrey E ^a   Neff, Lucas P ^a   Cairns, Bruce A ^b   D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a   Griffin, Leah P ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZED BURN CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WRIST;

EID: 79953782997     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.044     Document Type: Article

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