Trauma centre outcome performance: A comparison of young adults and geriatric patients in an inclusive trauma system

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1580-1585

  Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a,b   Sirois, Marie Josée ^a   Lavoie, André ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geriatric trauma; Performance; Risk adjusted mortality; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84864281213     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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