Time intervals in the treatment of fractured femurs as indicators of the quality of trauma systems

Objective To investigate the use of time intervals in the treatment of fractured femurs as indicators of the quality of trauma systems. Methods Time intervals from injury to admission, admission to surgery and surgery to discharge for patients with isolated femur fractures in four low- and middle-...

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Main Authors: Amir Matityahu, Iain Elliott, Meir Marmor, Amber Caldwell, Richard Coughlin, Richard A Gosselin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2014-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862014000100040&lng=en&tlng=en