The International Assessment of Capacity for Trauma (INTACT): An index for trauma capacity in low-income countries

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 522-527

  Wong, Evan G ^a,b,c   Gupta, Shailvi ^b,c,d   Deckelbaum, Dan L ^a   Razek, Tarek ^a   Kamara, Thaim B ^e,f   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^c,g   Haider, Adil H ^b,h   Kushner, Adam L ^b,c,i  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^f Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sierra Leone)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Developing; Index; International; Low income; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY CAPACITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CAPACITY FOR TRAUMA; LAPAROTOMY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DEVICE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; STANDARDIZATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CAPACITY; DEVELOPING; INDEX; INTERNATIONAL; LOW-INCOME; TRAUMA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84904248525     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.01.060     Document Type: Article

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