The impact of distance on triage to trauma center care in an urban trauma system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-462

  Doumouras, Aristithes G ^a   Haas, Barbara ^a   Gomez, David ^a   De Mestral, Charles ^a   Boyes, Donald M ^b   Morrison, Laurie J ^a   Craig, Alan M ^c   Nathens, Avery B ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Toronto Emergency Medical Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Geographic information systems; Trauma center; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84865712984     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.695431     Document Type: Article

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