TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Interpersonal violence in Spain through national hospital discharge survey
JO  - Gaceta Sanitaria
A1  - Gil-Borrelli, Christian Carlo
A1  - Latasa Zamalloa, Pello
A1  - Martín Ríos, María Dolores
A1  - Rodríguez Arenas, M. Ángeles
SP  - 317
EP  - 324
VL  - 33
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of interpersonal violence in Spain. <br><br>METHOD: Descriptive study of the cases of patients with secondary diagnosis of aggression registered on a national hospital discharge database, between 1999 and 2011, using the codes from E960 to E969 of the ICD-9. The distribution by sex, age and type of discharge, associated morbidity, mortality and by autonomous community is described. The quality of the record is studied according to its temporal variation. <br><br>RESULTS: The case profile of aggression in men (85%) is of a patient between 15 and 44 years old, who in 93.7% of cases requires urgent care and whose severity is moderate (95% discharge home). Two point five percent of patients are readmitted and death occurs in1.1%. The profile in women (15%) differs slightly, with an age between 31 and 52 years, 94% require urgent attention, although 96% have moderate severity; 3% are readmitted and 1.7% die. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Although they need to be improved to avoid certain limitations, health information systems are a rich source of data that can be used for research in health and, through their results, for the development of prevention plans and intervention in matters of violence.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0213-9111
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.02.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -