Gender-associated differences in access to trauma center care: A population-based analysis

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Gomez, David ^a,b   Haas, Barbara ^a,b   De Mestral, Charles ^a,b   Sharma, Sunjay ^b   Hsiao, Marvin ^a,b   Zagorski, Brandon ^c   Rubenfeld, Gordon ^d   Ray, Joel ^b,c   Nathens, Avery B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREJUDICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOMEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864284403     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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