Definition of mortality for trauma center performance evaluation: A comparative study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2246-2252

  Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a,c   Imond, Marcel ^a,d   Le Sage, Natalie ^a,d   Lavoie, André ^a,b  

^a Centre de Recherche FRSQ du CHA   (Canada)

^b Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive   (Canada)

^c Division de Soins Intensifs   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cause of death; mortality; performance; time of death; trauma center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 80053039891     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182227a59     Document Type: Article

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