Association between trauma quality indicators and outcomes for injured patients.

Abstract

Several current ACSCOT quality indicators have a strong association with clinical outcomes.

These findings should be interpreted with caution because some measures may lack face validity for identifying poor-quality care in complex patients with multiple injuries.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Aged
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Hospital Mortality
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
• Pennsylvania
• Quality Indicators, Health Care
• Regression Analysis
• Risk Factors
• Trauma Severity Indices
• Wounds and Injuries

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Authors

• Laurent G Glance
• Andrew W Dick
• Dana B Mukamel
• Turner M Osler

Publication date

2012-04-17

Journal

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 604, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. laurent_glance [at] urmc.rochester.edu

Release reference

Arch Surg. 2012 Apr;147(4):308-15

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