TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors associated with trauma center use for elderly patients with trauma: A statewide analysis, 1999-2008
AU  - Hsia RY, Wang E, Saynina O, Wise P, Auerbach A
Y1  - 2011/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.311
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 585
EP  - 592
VL  - 146
IS  - 5
N2  - 
As the US population ages, elderly persons account for an increasing number of trauma patients. Morbidity and mortality from traumatic injury are higher in elderly patients compared with younger patients.1- 2 It is well known that the care found in trauma centers benefits appropriately triaged patients3- 6 and is reserved for the most severely injured patients.7

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.311
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.311
ER  -