TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Syndromic surveillance of motor vehicle crash related injuries in Nebraska JO - Online journal of public health informatics A1 - Gonzalez, Sandra A1 - Newmyer, Ashley A1 - Han, Guangming A1 - Qu, Ming A1 - Safranek, Thomas SP - e5689 EP - e5689 VL - 7 IS - 1 N2 - Traffic crashes cost Nebraska $1.6 billion a year, are the leading cause of injury death, and the fourth leading cause of injury hospital treatment in Nebraska. This pilot study demonstrates the value of emergency department syndromic surveillance data to aid the surveillance of motor vehicle crash (MVC) related injuries in Nebraska.

RESULTS of this study suggests that emergency department syndromic surveillance data can be used for the timely identification of MVC-related injuries in Nebraska. This will allow stakeholders to identify accident hot spots and better deployments of accident prevention assets and procedures.

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LA - en SN - 1947-2579 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5689 ID - ref1 ER -