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Development of data collection methodology : Crashes resulting in hospitalisation and casualty crashes not resulting in hospitalisation Ozanne-Smith, Joan ; Haworth, Narelle

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Canberra Australian Department of Transport and, 1993; Communication. Federal Office of Road Safety, ; CR 120, Description: 119 sISBN:
  • 064251268
Subject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P0643:120 VTI 2002.0734:2Location: Abstract: This report examines current casualty crash data collections and makes recommendations for improved data collection methodologies for crashes resulting in hospitalisation and casualty crashes not resulting in hospitalisation. Recommendations include the increased utilisation of health sector data as well as augmentation of police reported crash data. Major recommendations include linkage of road crash databases with hospital morbidity files to improve data quality; use of hospital morbidity files to more accurately monitor serious injury rates; and the application of AIS scoring to validate the severity of injury required for hospital admission.
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs
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This report examines current casualty crash data collections and makes recommendations for improved data collection methodologies for crashes resulting in hospitalisation and casualty crashes not resulting in hospitalisation. Recommendations include the increased utilisation of health sector data as well as augmentation of police reported crash data. Major recommendations include linkage of road crash databases with hospital morbidity files to improve data quality; use of hospital morbidity files to more accurately monitor serious injury rates; and the application of AIS scoring to validate the severity of injury required for hospital admission.