@article{ref1,
title="Positioning public health surveillance for observational studies and clinical trials: the St. Louis region-wide hospital-based violence intervention program data repository",
journal="Contemporary clinical trials communications",
year="2021",
author="Mueller, Kristen L. and Trolard, Anne and Moran, Vicki and Landman, Joshua M. and Foraker, Randi",
volume="21",
number="",
pages="e100683-e100683",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Firearm injuries are a public health epidemic in the United States, yet a comprehensive national database for patients with firearm injuries does not  exist. Here we describe the methods for a study to develop and query a new regional  database of all patients who present to a St. Louis level I trauma hospital with a  violent injury, the St. Louis Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program Data  Repository (STL-HVIP-DR). We hypothesize that the STL-HVIP-DR will facilitate  identification of patients at risk for violent injury and serve as a comparison  population for participants enrolled in clinical trials. <br><br>METHODS: The STL-HVIP-DR  includes all visits made for violent injury to four level I trauma hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019. Two health systems  representing the four participating hospitals executed a data sharing agreement to  aggregate clinical data on firearm injuries, stabbings, and blunt assaults. Dataset  variables include demographic hospital and timestamp, medical, and insurance  information. <br><br>RESULTS: A preliminary cross-sectional query of the STL-HVIP-DR reveals  121,955 patient visits among the four partner level I trauma hospitals for a violent  injury between 2010 and 2019. This includes over 18,000 patient visits for firearm  injury. <br><br>DISCUSSION: The STL-HVIP-DR repository fills a critical gap regarding  identification and outcomes among individuals who are violently injured, especially  those with non-lethal firearm injuries. It is our hope that the methods presented in  this paper will serve as a primer to develop repositories to help target violence  prevention services in other regions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2451-8654",
doi="10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100683",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100683"
}