Misclassification of injury severity among road casualties in police reports

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-89

  Tsui, K L ^a   So, F L ^a   Sze, N N ^b   Wong, S C ^b   Leung, T F ^c  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident surveillance system; Injury severity; Misclassification; Police report

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; HOSPITALS; ROADS AND STREETS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

HONG KONG; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MISCLASSIFICATION; POLICE REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITIES; SERIOUS INJURIES;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049211921     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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