Estimating under-reporting of road crash injuries to police using multiple linked data collections

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Watson, Angela ^a   Watson, Barry ^a   Vallmuur, Kirsten ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Injury surveillance; Road crash under reporting; Traffic injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; DATA HANDLING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA LINKAGE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INJURY SURVEILLANCE; REGIONAL LOCATIONS; ROAD CRASH; ROAD SAFETY INTERVENTIONS; TRAFFIC INJURIES;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLICE; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLICE; POLICY; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938525753     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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