Trauma center quality improvement programs in the United States, Canada, and Australasia

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-169

  Stelfox, Henry T ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^c   Nathens, Avery ^c   Gruen, Russell L ^d   Hameed, Syed M ^e   Kirkpatrick, Andrew ^b  

^a Departments of Critical Care Medicine Medicine and Community Health Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863320218     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318256c20b     Document Type: Article

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