The relationship between annual hospital volume of trauma patients and in-hospital mortality in New York state

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-346

  Marx, William H ^a   Simon, Ronald ^b   O'Neill, Patricia ^c,d   Shapiro, Marc J ^e   Cooper, Arthur C ^g   Farrell, Louise Sztpulski ⁱ   McCormack, Jane E ^f   Bessey, Palmer Q ^a   Hannan, Edward ^h  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h School of Public Health   (United States)

ⁱ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Trauma systems; Volume standards

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 80051715645     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182214055     Document Type: Article

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