Ranking trauma center quality: Can past performance predict future performance

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 682-686

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d RAND Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; injury; quality of health care; quality reporting; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895919938     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000334     Document Type: Article

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