Effectiveness of nonpublic report cards for reducing trauma mortality

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-143

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Osler, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Meredith, J Wayne ^d   Dick, Andrew W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RAND Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84894556583     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3977     Document Type: Article

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