Injury severity: better data through direct physician entry of anatomic injuries?

The authors compared the injury diagnoses and Injury Severity Scores (ISSs) generated by three data-collection and -coding methods, and examined the times needed and costs associated with the methods. One method involved direct electronic entry of injury data by a physician in the admitting area. Co...

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Published in:Medical decision making 1991-10, Vol.11 (4 Suppl), p.S45-S48
Main Authors: Cushing, B M, Teitelbaum, S D, Burman, W, Karges, D, Bame, W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abbreviated Injury Scale
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic - economics
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic - methods
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic - standards
Automatic Data Processing - economics
Automatic Data Processing - standards
Cost Savings
Data Collection - economics
Data Collection - methods
Data Collection - standards
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Medical Staff, Hospital - utilization
Multiple Trauma - classification
Multiple Trauma - diagnosis
Multiple Trauma - epidemiology
Time Factors
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Summary:The authors compared the injury diagnoses and Injury Severity Scores (ISSs) generated by three data-collection and -coding methods, and examined the times needed and costs associated with the methods. One method involved direct electronic entry of injury data by a physician in the admitting area. Codes, severity scores, and times and costs varied significantly with the different methods, thus suggesting a need for further study of the derivation of injury severity codes.
ISSN:0272-989X
1552-681X
DOI:10.1177/0272989X9101104s07