OBJECTIVES To explore injured patients' experiences of trauma care to identify areas for improvement in service delivery. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Qualitative study using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, conducted from 1 April 2011 to 31 January 2012, with 120 trauma patients registered by the Victorian State Trauma Registry and the Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry ...

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Background The establishment of a spine trauma registry collecting both spine column and spinal cord data should improve the evidential basis for clinical decisions. This is a report on the pilot of a spine trauma registry including development of a minimum dataset. Methods A minimum dataset consisting of 56 data items was created using the modified Delphi technique. A pilot study was performed...

BACKGROUND Statewide trauma registries have proliferated in the last decade, suggesting that information could be aggregated to provide an accurate depiction of serious injury in the United States. OBJECTIVES To determine whether variability exists in the composition and content of statewide trauma registries, specifically addressing case-acquisition, case-definition (inclusion criteria), and...

BACKGROUND Efforts to control agricultural injuries have been underway for years. Yet, very little is known about their trends over time. We examined trends in non-fatal agricultural injuries through analyzing injuries reported in a state trauma registry. METHODS Using Iowa Trauma Registry data collected by the Iowa Department of Public Health, we examined trends in non-fatal agricultural inj...

Progressive reduction in trauma mortality and morbidity demands both peer-group and state registry evaluations, with ensuing recommendations implemented by a responsive state government trauma committee.

introduction: cancer research is one of the essential activities for its control and treatment. hospital based cancer registry system is an information system designed to collect, organize and analyze data on cancer. the objective of the present study was to compare hospital based cancer registry system in iran with that in the usa. methods: this research was a comparative study. studied popula...

Abstract Background Botswana has a large burden of disease from injury, but no trauma registry. This study sought to design and pilot test registry at two hospitals. Methods A cross sectional was piloted tertiary hospital secondary level in Botswana. The consisted stages: stage 1 mainly involved stakeholder consultations on existing data collection tools. Stage 2 phases: Phase I retrospective t...

The approximate number of road traffic accidents that occur in Germany every year is 4.8 million. In 15-25% of these accidents patients die on scene, while about 35,000 severely injured patients are admitted to the resuscitation units of trauma centers in Germany, out of which about 10% do not survive. To continuously observe and improve their treatment and management, polytraumatized patients ...