A trauma quality improvement programme associated with improved patient outcomes: 21 years of experience at an Australian major trauma centre

Michael M Dinh; Kendall J Bein; Belinda Jane Gabbe; Christopher Byrne; Jeffrey Petchell; Serigne Lo; Rebecca Ivers

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2013.11.005

A trauma quality improvement programme associated with improved patient outcomes: 21 years of experience at an Australian major trauma centre

Michael M Dinh
, Kendall J Bein
, Belinda Jane Gabbe
, Christopher Byrne
, Jeffrey Petchell
, Serigne Lo
, Rebecca Ivers

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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In this low volume major trauma centre, the implementation of a comprehensive quality improvement programme was associated with a reduction in crude and risk adjusted mortality and risk adjusted discharge to rehabilitation in severely injured patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	830 - 834
Number of pages	5
Journal	Injury
Volume	45
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2013.11.005
Publication status	Published - 2014

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A trauma quality improvement programme associated with improved patient outcomes: 21 years of experience at an Australian major trauma centre

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