Quality indicators used by trauma centers for performance measurement

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1298-1303

  Santana, Maria Jose ^a   Stelfox, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit filters; Quality indicators; Trauma care; Trauma centers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864552282     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318246584c     Document Type: Article

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