@article{ref1,
title="Use of health care services 6 months following major trauma",
journal="Australian health review",
year="2007",
author="Gabbe, Belinda J. and Sutherland, Ann M. and Williamson, Owen D. and Cameron, Peter A.",
volume="31",
number="4",
pages="628-632",
abstract="To establish the use of health care services 6 months following major trauma, 243 blunt major trauma patients were recruited during their acute hospital stay and followed up by telephone interview at 6 months post-injury. Data collected at 6 months included health care service usage and their level of disability according to the Glasgow Outcome Scale--Extended (GOSE). Ninety-four percent of patients were living in the community at 6 months, and most (69%) reported continued use of health care services. Of those with ongoing disability, non-compensable patients were significantly more likely (OR 3.7; 95% CI, 1.6-8.6) to have ceased health care service use than compensable patients, independent of injury severity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0156-5788",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}