Definition of hospital discharge, serious injury and death from traffic injuries
Por:
Perez, K, Segui-Gomez, M, Arrufat, V, Barberia, E, Cabeza, E, Cirera, E, Gil, M, Martin, C, Novoa, AM, Olabarria, M, Lardelli, P, Suelves, JM, Santamarina-Rubio, E
Publicada:
1 may 2014
Resumen:
Road traffic injury surveillance involves methodological difficulties due, among other reasons, to the lack of consensus criteria for case definition. Police records have usually been the main source of information for monitoring traffic injuries, while health system data has hardly been used. Police records usually include comprehensive information on the characteristics of the crash, but often underreport injury cases and do not collect reliable information on the severity of injuries. However, statistics on severe traffic injuries have been based almost exclusively on police data. The aim of this paper is to propose criteria based on medical records to define: a) "Hospital discharge for traffic injuries", b) "Person with severe traffic injury", and c) "Death from traffic injuries" in order to homogenize the use of these sources. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L. on behalf of SESPAS.
Filiaciones:
Perez, K:
ASPB, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Segui-Gomez, M:
DGT, Madrid, Spain
Arrufat, V:
Ctr Salut Publ, Castellon de La Plana, Spain
Barberia, E:
IMLC, Barcelona, Spain
Cabeza, E:
Illes Balears, Dept Salut, Palma De Mallorca, Spain
Cirera, E:
Univ Vic, Barcelona, Spain
Gil, M:
Direcc Gen Salud Publ, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain
Martin, C:
IDIAP Jordi Gol, Unitat Suport Recerca Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Novoa, AM:
ASPB, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Olabarria, M:
ASPB, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Lardelli, P:
Univ Granada, Granada, Spain
Suelves, JM:
Agencia Salut Publ Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Santamarina-Rubio, E:
ASPB, Barcelona, Spain
CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain
IIB St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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