Efficacy of extrapolation from national burn data for estimating patient volume in a new burn unit

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-506

  Farner, Kelley ^a   Lineaweaver, William ^a  

^a JMS Burn and Reconstruction Center   (United States)

Author keywords

burn demographics; burn injury populations; burn unit admissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BURN UNITS; BURNS; CENSUSES; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MISSISSIPPI; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860715656     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318234ee51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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