title: Trauma systems: improving trauma outcomes in North Carolina.
abstract: Since the 1970s, there has been a tremendous improvement in the outcomes for injured patients in North Carolina; the scope, significance, and virtue of this achievement are remarkable. This commentary reviews how the state has consistently decreased the burden of injury through its integrated, systems-based approach to trauma care.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Becher
authors.forename: J Wayne
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Meredith
mesh_terms: D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D018511:Systems Integration; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*