Trauma Center Staffing, Infrastructure, and Patient Characteristics that Influence Trauma Center Need
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Trauma Center Staffing, Infrastructure, and Patient Characteristics that Influence Trauma Center Need
INTRODUCTION The most effective use of trauma center resources helps reduce morbidity and mortality, while saving costs. Identifying critical infrastructure characteristics, patient characteristics and staffing components of a trauma center associated with the proportion of patients needing major trauma care will help planners create better systems for patient care. METHODS We used the 2009 N...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.10.22837