Evaluating the use of existing data sources, probabilistic linkage, and multiple imputation to build population-based injury databases across phases of trauma care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-480

  Newgard, Craig ^a   Malveau, Susan ^a   Staudenmayer, Kristan ^b   Wang, N Ewen ^b   Hsia, Renee Y ^c   Mann, N Clay ^d   Holmes, James F ^e   Kuppermann, Nathan ^e   Haukoos, Jason S ^f,g   Bulger, Eileen M ^h   Dai, Mengtao ^d   Cook, Lawrence J ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859881529     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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