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Table 3 A-priori identified patient characteristic, injury severity and outcome indicator data fields of interest

From: Injury in China: a systematic review of injury surveillance studies conducted in Chinese hospital emergency departments

Study design

Factors related to the circumstances of injury

   Design (prospective, retrospective)

Injury mechanism (transport - detail, fall, assault, poisons, burns etc...)

   Setting (location)

Location of injury (road, industrial, home)

   Number of hospital ED's in study

Injury coding and clinical indicators

   Data collection source/Survey tool (registry, survey)

Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) [17]

   Date of study

Injury Severity Score (ISS) [18]

   Sample size

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems (ICD) coding [19]

Patient factors

Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) [20]

   Age

Revised Trauma Score (RTS) [21]

   Gender

Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS) [22]

   Occupation

Outcomes

System factors

Admission to ICU

   Pre-hospital care/mode of arrival

Mortality rate

   Presentation/admission to ED (inclusion criteria of Review)

Length of stay

 

Financial costs