Establishing hospital-based trauma registry systems: Lessons from Kenya

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2013, Pages

  Stevens, Kent A ^a,b   Paruk, Fatima ^a   Bachani, Abdulgafoor M ^a   Wesson, Hadley H K ^a,c   Wekesa, John M ^d   Mburu, Joseph ^e   Mwangi, Jonah M ^f   Saidi, Hassan ^g   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e Naivasha District Hospital   (Kenya)

^f Thika Level 5 Hospital   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing world; Emergency medical systems; Injury prevention; Trauma care; Trauma registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; KENYA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS; INJURY PREVENTION; TRAUMA CARE; TRAUMA REGISTRIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84891771371     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(13)70216-X     Document Type: Article

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