Do trauma systems work? A comparison of major trauma outcomes between Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Massachusetts General Hospital

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 150-155

  Morrissey, Brian E ^a   Delaney, Ruth A ^b   Johnstone, Alan J ^c   Petrovick, Laurie ^b   Smith, R Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injury severity score; Penetrating injury; Trauma centres; Trauma outcomes; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL AUDIT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSACHUSETTS; ODDS RATIO; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84919863130     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.08.048     Document Type: Article

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