Epidemiological trends of traumatic brain injury identified in the emergency department in a publicly-insured population, 2002-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fu, Terence S ^a,b   Jing, Ruwei ^a,b   Fu, Wayne W ^a,b   Cusimano, Michael D ^a,b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREND STUDY; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN INJURIES; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ONTARIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ONTARIO; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955318289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145469     Document Type: Article

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