Longitudinal analysis of the impact of a level 1 trauma center designation at a university hospital

Hammond, Jeffrey; Breckenridge, Mary B.

doi:10.1016/s1072-7515(98)00312-3

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Icu Subpopulations1

Analysis 3: County-level Lethality and Medical1

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2002

2008

Publication Types

Select...

Article5

Book1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent6

Authors

Journals

Cited by 8 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A significant number of trauma admissions can greatly influence the operations of an ICU. After 1 medical center received level 1 trauma center designation, the ICU admission rate remained stable coincident with a greater severity of illness and fewer admissions with lesser needs for ICU care [20].…”

Section: Icu Subpopulationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The enhanced postoperative care system

Weissman

2005

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Icu Subpopulationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The enhanced postoperative care system

Weissman

2005

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…This null finding is puzzling but not altogether surprising. As the medical literature shows, at a minimum, knowing a trauma center's startup date is important; for many years after implementation, individual centers may become "magnets" for trauma cases with high fatality rates, channeling and concentrating their distribution from previously broader, regional dispersions (Hammond & Breckenridge, 1999;Nathens et al, 2000;O'Keefe et al, 1999). In estimating trauma center effects, it would also be helpful to know which level of trauma care these trauma centers represent, and whether and how they are certified.…”

Section: Analysis 3: County-level Lethality and Medicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Murder and Medicine

et al. 2002

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Despite the proliferation of increasingly dangerous weapons and the very large increase in rates of serious criminal assault, since 1960, the lethality of such assault in the United States has dropped dramatically. This paradox has barely been studied and needs to be examined using national time-series data. Starting from the basic view that homicides are aggravated assaults with the outcome of the victim’s death, we assembled evidence from national data sources to show that the principal explanation of the downward trend in lethality involves parallel developments in medical technology and related medical support services that have suppressed the homicide rate compared to what it would be had such progress not been made. We argue that research into the causes and deterability of homicide would benefit from a “lethality perspective” that focuses on serious assaults, only a small proportion of which end in death.

show abstract

Trauma Systems, Triage, and Disaster Management

Hammond¹

2008

Surgery

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Longitudinal analysis of the impact of a level 1 trauma center designation at a university hospital

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

The enhanced postoperative care system

The enhanced postoperative care system

Murder and Medicine

Trauma Systems, Triage, and Disaster Management

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About