TY - JOUR
T1 - Verification and Regionalization of Trauma Systems. The Impact of These Efforts on Trauma Care in the United States
AU - Bailey, Jeffrey
AU - Trexler, Scott
AU - Murdock, Alan
AU - Hoyt, David
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - Efforts to develop trauma systems in the United States followed the publication of the landmark article, "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," by the National Academy of Sciences (1966) and have resulted in the implementation of a system of care for the seriously injured in most states and within the US military. In 2007, Hoyt and Coimbra published an article detailing the history, organization, and future directions of trauma systems within the United States. This article provides an update of the developments that have occurred in trauma systems in system verification and regionalization.
AB - Efforts to develop trauma systems in the United States followed the publication of the landmark article, "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," by the National Academy of Sciences (1966) and have resulted in the implementation of a system of care for the seriously injured in most states and within the US military. In 2007, Hoyt and Coimbra published an article detailing the history, organization, and future directions of trauma systems within the United States. This article provides an update of the developments that have occurred in trauma systems in system verification and regionalization.
KW - Regionalization
KW - Trauma systems
KW - Verification
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864333402&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.suc.2012.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.suc.2012.04.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22850159
AN - SCOPUS:84864333402
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 92
SP - 1009
EP - 1024
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -