Methodology and analytic rationale for the american college of surgeons trauma quality improvement program

Authors

Craig D. Newgard, Oregon Health & Science University
John J. Fildes, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Lieling Wu, American College of Surgeons
Mark R. Hemmila, Michigan Medicine
Randall S. Burd, Childrens National Health System
Melanie Neal, American College of Surgeons
N. Clay Mann, Intermountain Injury Control & Research Center
Shahid Shafi, UT Southwestern Medical School
David E. Clark, Maine Medical Center
Sandra Goble, American College of Surgeons
Avery B. Nathens, University of Toronto

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Journal

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volume

216

Issue

1

DOI

10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.08.017

Keywords

ACS; American College of Surgeons; ED; emergency department; Injury Severity Score; interquartile range; IQR; ISS; length of stay; LOS; O/E; observed to expected; TQIP; Trauma Quality Improvement Program

APA Citation

Newgard, C., Fildes, J., Wu, L., Hemmila, M., Burd, R., Neal, M., Mann, N., Shafi, S., Clark, D., Goble, S., & Nathens, A. (2013). Methodology and analytic rationale for the american college of surgeons trauma quality improvement program. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 216 (1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.08.017