Do trauma safety-net hospitals deliver truly safe trauma care? A multilevel a nalysis of the National trauma data bank

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 978-984

  Vettukattil, Anit S ^a   Haider, Adil H ^b   Haut, Elliott R ^b   Chang, David C ^b   Oyetunji, Tolulope ^c   Cornwell, Edward E ^c   Stevens, Kent A ^b   Efron, David T ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Mortality; Outcomes; Safety net; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL TRAUMA DATA BANK; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954557803     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820b5d0c     Document Type: Article

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