Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation

Abstract Introduction Quality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be checked constantly. The only way to measure quality and outcomes is to systematically accrue data and analyze them. Material and methods A s...

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Main Authors: Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Ronald V. Maier, Raul Coimbra, Carlos Ordoñez, Rao Ivatury, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Walter Biffl, Massimo Sartelli, Andreas Hecker, Luca Ansaloni, Ari Leppaniemi, Viktor Reva, Ian Civil, Felipe Vega, Massimo Chiarugi, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Boris Sakakushev, Andrew Peitzman, Osvaldo Chiara, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Marc Maegele, Mario Miccoli, Mircea Chirica, Vladimir Khokha, Michael Sugrue, Gustavo P. Fraga, Yasuhiro Otomo, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena, and the WSES Trauma Quality Indicators Expert Panel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-021-00350-7