Citation

Semmlow JL, Cone R. Health Serv. Res. 1976; 11(1): 45-52.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

965234

PMCID

PMC1071893

Abstract

Independent results obtained from Illinois Trauma Registry data confirm an earlier finding of a fixed, monotonic relationship between expected mortality and the Injury Severity Score (ISS) value of injuries sustained in both vehicular and nonvehicular incidents. Further results show the ISS measure to be a good indicator of hospitalization demand from accident victims and suggest that this variable can be used to control for variations in injury severity in comparative evaluations of EMS systems.

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