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Focus on Trauma

Large Cost Savings Realized from the 2006 Field Triage Guideline: Reduction in Overtriage in U.S. Trauma Centers

Mark FaulFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Correspondence[email protected]
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Marlena M. WaldFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Ernest E. SulliventFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Scott M. SasserFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Vikas KapilFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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E. Brooke LernerFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Richard C. HuntFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response (MF, MMW, EES, RCH), and the National Center for Environmental Health (VK), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University (SMS), Atlanta, Georgia; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (EBL), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Pages 222-229 | Received 05 Aug 2011, Accepted 09 Aug 2011, Published online: 18 Oct 2011

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