@article{ref1,
title="Occupational injury trends derived from trauma registry and hospital discharge records: lessons for surveillance and research",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2014",
author="Sears, Jeanne M. and Bowman, Stephen M. and Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah and Shorter, Zeynep A.",
volume="56",
number="10",
pages="1067-1073",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The suitability of the Washington State Trauma Registry (WTR) for occupational injury surveillance was assessed via comparing estimated rates and trends with those derived from state hospital discharge data. <br><br>METHODS: Descriptive methods and negative binomial regression were used to model occupational injury trends (1998 to 2009). <br><br>RESULTS: Nonlinear trends based on WTR data closely tracked those based on hospital discharge data, beginning about 2002. Rate estimates differed somewhat by data source and were most similar when a severity threshold was applied. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS regarding temporal trends in work-related injury rates were the same using either data source. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study found substantial similarity between occupational injury trends estimated using either WTR or hospital discharge data. We conclude that a mature state trauma registry with mandatory reporting requirements can be used for surveillance of severe work-related traumatic injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000225",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000225"
}