Health disparities analysis of critically III pediatric trauma patients in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-239

  Cassidy, Laura D ^a   Lambropoulos, Daphne ^a   Enters, Jessica ^a   Gourlay, David ^a   Farahzad, Mina ^a   Lal, Dave R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

GCS; Glasgow Coma Scale; Injury Severity Score; ISS; pediatric ICU; PICU; SES; socioeconomic status; VPICU Performance Systems Database; VPS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PARENT; UNITED STATES;

GCS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISS; PEDIATRIC ICU; PICU; SES; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VPICU PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS DATABASE; VPS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; VIOLENCE; WISCONSIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84880570583     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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