TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Definition of hospital discharge, serious injury and death from traffic injuries
JO  - Gaceta Sanitaria
A1  - Pérez, Katherine
A1  - Segui-Gomez, Maria
A1  - Arrufat, Vita
A1  - Barbería, Eneko
A1  - Cabeza, Elena
A1  - Cirera, Eva
A1  - Gil, Mercedes
A1  - Martín, Carlos
A1  - Nóvoa, Ana María
A1  - Olabarria, Marta
A1  - Lardelli, Pablo
A1  - Suelves, Josep María
A1  - Santamariña-Rubio, Elena
SP  - 242
EP  - 245
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - Road traffic injury surveillance involves methodological difficulties due, among other reasons, to the lack of consensus criteria for case definition. Police records have usually been the main source of information for monitoring traffic injuries, while health system data has hardly been used. Police records usually include comprehensive information on the characteristics of the crash, but often underreport injury cases and do not collect reliable information on the severity of injuries. However, statistics on severe traffic injuries have been based almost exclusively on police data. The aim of this paper is to propose criteria based on medical records to define: a) "Hospital discharge for traffic injuries", b) "Person with severe traffic injury", and c) "Death from traffic injuries" in order to homogenize the use of these sources.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0213-9111
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -