Kentucky Board Emergency Medical Services Trauma KIPRC 04

The goal for this contract is to purchase phone lists and conduct a public opinion phone survey on trauma system issues that will provide information that will be beneficial to the goals of establishing a Trauma System for the Commonwealth. This phone survey will provide information, along with the below listed goals ofthe data collection by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center to complete a state wide Trauma System for the state of Kentucky. In Kentucky, we will need to convince the populace and the local hospitals that a Trauma System will improve care and will be effective. The ability of State and local health agencies to support these essential public health services effectively will depend on an infrastructure that is data dependent and outcome oriented.