Injury‐Based Geographic Access to Trauma Centers
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Access to trauma centers in the United States.
CONTEXT Previous studies have reported that the number and distribution of trauma centers are uneven across states, suggesting large differences in access to trauma center care. OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of US residents having access to trauma centers within 45 and 60 minutes. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study using data from 2 national databases as part of the Trauma Reso...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13518