Association of direct helicopter versus ground transport and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients: A propensity score analysis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1208-1216

  Stewart, Kenneth E ^a   Cowan, Linda D ^b   Thompson, David M ^b   Sacra, John C ^c   Albrecht, Roxie ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 81755162037     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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