Effect of regional trauma centralization on volume, injury severity and outcomes of injured patients admitted to trauma centres

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 959-964

  Metcalfe, D ^a,b   Bouamra, O ^c   Parsons, N R ^a   Aletrari, M O ^d   Lecky, F E ^c,e   Costa, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BED OCCUPANCY; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84902189870     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9498     Document Type: Article

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