Tracking non-burn center care: What you don't know may surprise you

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Davis, James S ^a   Dearwater, Stephen ^a   Rosales, Oscar ^a   Varas, Robin ^a   Quintana, Olga D ^a   Pizano, Louis ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SELF CARE;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870364141     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182504450     Document Type: Article

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