Citation

Gabbe BJ, Beck B. Injury 2021; 52(2): 125-126.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2021.01.024

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Over the past 30 years, there have been significant and notable reductions in injury-related mortality in high income countries, attributable to public health gains in injury prevention, improved trauma care and the introduction of organised trauma systems. There is clear evidence that organised trauma systems save lives through the reduction of preventable mortality. This evidence is more easily gleaned as most trauma systems would have systematic processes in place to monitor mortality, providing ready access to data about trends in survival. However, most trauma patients survive and disability is an ever increasing component of injury burden, providing some explanation for why the percentage of the global disease burden attributable to injury has not changed from 1990 to 2019 despite mortality improvements...

Language: en