Impact of Qualified Trauma Center Implementation on Mortality From Severe Trauma in Korea: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Korean government and experts initiated a national trauma system development project in 2012. Its first major initiative was establishing and operating regional trauma centers across the country. We assessed whether the severity-adjusted mortality rates were lower in trauma centers compared with non-trauma centers and the specific benefits of trauma centers for patients with trauma.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study analyzed the data of patients with trauma registered in the National Emergency Department Information System from 2015 to 2019. Additionally, we used the Korean Trauma Data Bank and trauma center status data provided by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. We focused on patients with survival probabilities of < 0.5 according to the Internation

SUBMITTER: Kwon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360909 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature