Estimating the effect of emergency care on early survival after traffic crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-147

  Clark, David E ^a,b   Winchell, Robert J ^a   Betensky, Rebecca A ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Interval censoring; Mortality; Motor vehicle; Survival; Time varying covariates

Indexed keywords

COVARIATES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INTERVAL CENSORING; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; SURVIVAL;

CRASHWORTHINESS; HOSPITALS; RURAL AREAS; TIME DELAY;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVAL CENSORING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TIME-VARYING COVARIATES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INTERVAL CENSORING; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; SURVIVAL; TIME-VARYING COVARIATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84884566581     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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