Citation

Eastham JN. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Q. J. 1983; 5(2): 28-30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, American Association for Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

This paper describes an ongoing research project which is designed to contribute to the validity of the Abbreviated Injury Scale. The methodological approach involves using the subjective estimates of physicians to develop several scales which represent specific conceptualizations of injury severity, namely, mortality rate, hospital length of stay, length of recovery period, and permanent disability/activity limitation. The relationship between these measurement scales and the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) will be analyzed via multivariate data analysis techniques in an effort to clarify what aspects of injury severity are being measured by the AIS.