Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 5 , Pages 595-602 , November 2009

Complication Rates among Trauma Centers

  • Darwin N. Ang, MD, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Darwin N Ang, MD, PhD, MPH, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Rd, PO Box 100286, Gainesville, FL 32610
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  • Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Avery Nathens, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Jin Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Received 20 June 2009 ,Revised 4 August 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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PII: S1072-7515(09)01212-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.08.003

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 5 , Pages 595-602 , November 2009

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