Association between trauma quality indicators and outcomes for injured patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 308-315

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Osler, Turner M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859991818     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.1327     Document Type: Article

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