Effect of the elderly and increasing injury severity on acute hospital resource utilization in a cohort of inner city trauma patients

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 60-64

  Dinh, Michael M ^a   Mcnamara, Kylie ^a   Bein, Kendall J ^a   Roncal, Susan ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth H ^b   Mcbride, Kate ^a   Byrne, Christopher M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Elderly; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84873054417     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06177.x     Document Type: Article

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