Physiologically focused triage criteria improve utilization of pediatric surgeon-directed trauma teams and reduce costs

  • Kaushik Mukherjee
  • , Mariann Rimer
  • , Michael D. McConnell
  • , Richard S. Miller
  • , Stephen E. Morrow

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1315-1323
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume45
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Keywords

  • Health care costs
  • Trauma
  • Triage
  • Health Care Costs/trends
  • Triage/organization & administration
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • United States
  • Humans
  • Child, Preschool
  • Trauma Centers
  • Workforce
  • Male
  • Hemodynamics/physiology
  • Trauma Severity Indices
  • General Surgery/economics
  • Patient Care Team/economics
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating/classification
  • Child

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