An evaluation of road crash injury severity using diagnosis based injury scaling

摘要: In Western Australia, information in Police crash reports currently provides the only measure of injury severity following a road crash. This paper makes use ICD-Based Injury Severity Score (ICISS) methodology to determine injuries using linked hospital and death records. The an is determined by calculating threat life ratios for patients admitted Australian hospitals from 1988 2006. Certain user groups appear be grossly under-reported as requiring hospitalisation, when compared Pre-defined thresholds were used seriousness admission Analysis indicates that serious contribute approximately 26 per cent admissions casualties are growing at faster rate than nonserious injuries. trends over period 1988-2006. discharge summary information. Comparisons made with numbers crashes reported admissions, making records period.