Standardising trauma monitoring: The development of a minimum dataset for trauma registries in Australia and New Zealand

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 834-841

  Palmer, Cameron S ^a,b   Davey, Tamzyn M ^c   Mok, Meng Tuck ^d   McClure, Rod J ^b   Farrow, Nathan C ^d   Gruen, Russell L ^b,d,e   Pollard, Cliff W ^f,g  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Outcome monitoring; Registry dataset; Trauma registry; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BOOK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; E-MAIL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STANDARDIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84877760782     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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