Outcomes of trauma care at centers treating a higher proportion of older patients: the case for geriatric trauma centers.

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Published in J Trauma Acute Care Surg on April 01, 2015

Authors

Syed Nabeel Zafar1, Augustine Obirieze, Eric B Schneider, Zain G Hashmi, Valerie K Scott, Wendy R Greene, David T Efron, Ellen J MacKenzie, Edward E Cornwell, Adil H Haider

Author Affiliations

1: From the Department of Surgery (S.N.Z., A.O., W.R.G., E.E.C.), Howard University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research (E.B.S., V.K.S., D.T.E.), School of Medicine, and Bloomberg School of Public Health (E.J.M.), John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of General Surgery (Z.G.H.), Sinai Hospital Baltimore, MD; Center for Surgery and Public Health Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health; and Department of Surgery (A.H.H.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

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