Profile of trauma mortality and trauma care resources at rural emergency departments and urban trauma centres in Quebec: a population-based, retrospective cohort study

ObjectivesAs Canada’s second largest province, the geography of Quebec poses unique challenges for trauma management. Our primary objective was to compare mortality rates between trauma patients treated at rural emergency departments (EDs) and urban trauma centres in Quebec. As a secondary objective...

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Main Authors: France Légare, Jean-Paul Fortin, François Lauzier, Fatoumata Korinka Tounkara, Stéphane Turcotte, Julien Poitras, Judy Morris, Mathieu Ouimet, Jeff Plant, Gilles Dupuis, Catherine Turgeon-Pelchat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/6/e028512.full