TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Estimating the South African trauma caseload
JO  - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
A1  - Matzopoulos, R. G.
A1  - Prinsloo, Megan
A1  - Butchart, Alexander R.
A1  - Peden, Margaret Mary
A1  - Lombard, C. J.
SP  - 49
EP  - 51
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
N2  - A survey of medical superintendents revealed that an estimated 1.5 million trauma cases presented to South Africa's 356 secondary and tertiary level hospitals in 1999. Injury rates for traffic, violence and other injuries showed considerable inter-provincial variation, with violence accounting for more than half of the trauma caseload. This type of survey is a simple low cost alternative for monitoring injury patterns and supplementing burden of disease and injury costing studies.
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SN  - 1745-7300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15660970500036382
ID  - ref1
ER  -