No time to spare: improving access to trauma care.
LDI Issue Brief
; 11(1): 1-4, 2005 Sep.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16211794
ABSTRACT
Since the September 11 attacks, policymakers are paying increasing attention to the adequacy of the U.S. trauma care system to handle potential mass casualty incidents. This attention has led to questions about how well the trauma system covers the population for day-to-day trauma, such as motor vehicle accidents and gunshot wounds. Although the number of trauma centers has increased in the last decade, no national plan exists to assure that everyone has timely access to a specialized trauma center if needed. This Issue Brief summarizes a new study that estimates the proportion of residents that can reach a trauma center by ground or air ambulance within one hour of where they live, using objective measures of travel times and distances.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Centros Traumatológicos
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Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
LDI Issue Brief
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos