International variation in clinical injury incidence: Exploring the performance of indicators based on health care, anatomical and outcome criteria

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-191

  Polinder, Suzanne ^a   Meerding, Willem Jan ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^b   Haagsma, Juanita A ^c   Toet, Hidde ^d   Petridou, Eleni Th ^e   Mulder, Saakje ^d   van Beeck, Ed F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical incidence; Indicators; Injury; International comparability

Indexed keywords

BONE; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; RADIOLOGY;

CLINICAL INJURY INCIDENCE; INCIDENCE VARIATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY; RADIOLOGICAL VERIFIABLE FRACTURES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38149073997     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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