The Trauma Risk Adjustment Model
Annals of SurgeryPublished 1 June 2009
Lynne Moore, André Lavoie, Alexis F. Turgeon, Belkacem Abdous, Natalie Le Sage, Marcel Émond
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The results suggest that adopting the TRAM could improve the validity of trauma care evaluations and trauma outcome research.
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Our results suggest that adopting the TRAM could improve the validity of trauma care evaluations and trauma outcome research.
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