@article{ref1,
title="Hospitalizations for traumatic injuries among children in Maryland: trends in incidence and severity: 1979 through 1988",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="1992",
author="Marganitt, B. and MacKenzie, Ellen J. and Deshpande, J. K. and Ramzy, A. I. and Haller, J. A.",
volume="89",
number="4 Pt 1",
pages="608-613",
abstract="Trends in incidence and severity of hospitalized injury among children aged 0 through 13 years in the state of Maryland from 1979 through 1988 (n = 35,746) were examined using routinely reported hospital discharge data. Hospital discharge rates declined over the study period from 509 per 100,000 population in 1979 to 320 in 1988. There was a decline in incidence trends for both races. However, the decrease in the nonwhite population was smaller than in whites. Analysis of incidence rates for specific Injury Severity Score groups revealed a declining trend in all Injury Severity Score groups, although the mildest group (Injury Severity Score 1 through 4) had the most notable decline of 44% compared with an average decline of 20% in the other severity groups. These data suggest a change in admission practices of mildly injured children as a major cause for the observed overall decline in hospitalization rates. The smaller decrease in the hospitalization rates of non-white children compared with white children requires further study to determine the cause.",
language="",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}