Grants and Contracts Details
Description
This project will add to our record of improvement in the completeness of highway traffic
injury surveillance data by increasing the number of trauma-related hospitalizations on
which detailed but de-identified data is accessible to users statewide. From a baseline
of some 6,600 patients' information, the volume of accessible data is projected to be
about 8,800 by the end of the current grant year, thereby achieving our initial metric of
success. However, our data sources currently represent only a small fraction of the
state's acute care facilities, and many hospitals currently providing extensive trauma
care still do not report to the Kentucky Trauma Registry.
Analysis of a broader range of highway trauma data will support trauma system
planning in a larger proportion of Kentucky's counties by providing a more complete and
detailed account of highway traffic injury and related health care than has even been
available in Kentucky. Specific types of data available through the Kentucky Trauma
Registry include detailed information about the nature and severity of injuries, use of
safety belts and other protective devices, surgical procedures, and outcomes at
discharge and follow-up.
The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center has developed productive
relationships with key partners in state highway safety and will build on shared
successes to assure that findings are available and useful for safety improvement
initiatives.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 10/1/12 → 9/30/13 |
Funding
- KY Office of Highway Safety: $60,000.00
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