Distribution of emergency operations and trauma in a Swedish hospital: Need for reorganisation of acute surgical care?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  al Ayoubi, Fawzi ^a   Eriksson, Helen ^a   Myrelid, Pär ^a   Wallon, Conny ^a   Andersson, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Centralization; Subspecialisation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866145036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-66     Document Type: Article

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