Citation

Pérez K, Segui-Gomez M, Arrufat V, Barbería E, Cabeza E, Cirera E, Gil M, Martín C, Nóvoa AM, Olabarria M, Lardelli P, Suelves JM, Santamariña-Rubio E. Gac. Sanit. 2014; 28(3): 242-245.

Vernacular Title

Definición de alta hospitalaria, lesión grave y muerte por lesiones por tráfico.

Affiliation

Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB), Barcelona, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau) , Barcelona, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.006

PMID

24365522

Abstract

Road traffic injury surveillance involves methodological difficulties due, among other reasons, to the lack of consensus criteria for case definition. Police records have usually been the main source of information for monitoring traffic injuries, while health system data has hardly been used. Police records usually include comprehensive information on the characteristics of the crash, but often underreport injury cases and do not collect reliable information on the severity of injuries. However, statistics on severe traffic injuries have been based almost exclusively on police data. The aim of this paper is to propose criteria based on medical records to define: a) "Hospital discharge for traffic injuries", b) "Person with severe traffic injury", and c) "Death from traffic injuries" in order to homogenize the use of these sources.

Language: es