Positive and Negative Volume-Outcome Relationships in the Geriatric Trauma Population | Zendy

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Positive and Negative Volume-Outcome Relationships in the Geriatric Trauma Population

Author(s) -

Kazuhide Matsushima,

Élise Schaefer,

Eugene Won,

Scott B. Armen,

Matthew Indeck,

David I. Soybel

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4834

Subject(s) - medicine , geriatric trauma , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , odds ratio , population , trauma center , odds , major trauma , cohort study , intensive care medicine , injury severity score , poison control , injury prevention , surgery , logistic regression , environmental health

In trauma populations, improvements in outcome are documented in institutions with higher case volumes. However, it is not known whether improved outcomes are attributable to the case volume within specific higher-risk groups, such as the elderly, or to the case volume among all trauma patients treated by an institution.

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