@article{ref1,
title="Home injuries mortality: Sensitivity and specificity analysis of different data sources and operative definitions",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="2007",
author="Farchi, Sara and Camilloni, Laura and Rossi, Paolo Giorgi and Chini, Francesco and Borgia, Piero and Guasticchi, Gabriella",
volume="39",
number="4",
pages="716-720",
abstract="The aim of this longitudinal study was to test different operational definitions of home accident mortality. METHODS: The sources of data were the Emergency Information System, hospital discharge reports and the mortality registry of the Lazio Region, 2000-2001. We selected all emergency room visits for unintentional traumas that occurred at home. A 9-month follow-up was performed to calculate mortality rates. A sensitivity analysis of in-hospital mortality, deaths within 30 days and deaths from home accident E-codes was performed. A gold standard definition of home accident-related deaths was proposed. RESULTS: We observed 598 home accident-related fatalities (29.1% of all the deaths found in the follow-up study). In-hospital mortality, deaths within 30 days and deaths for home accident E-codes had sensitivity values of 63.4%, 63.4% and 59.4%, respectively; positive predictive values were 78.1%, 67.1% and 100%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The best operational definition of home injury was based on in-hospital mortality, while mortality based on E-codes reported on death certificates was lacking. In order to measure the real burden of home injuries, hospital and mortality data must be integrated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="10.1016/j.aap.2006.11.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2006.11.002"
}