Incidence of sports and recreation related injuries resulting in hospitalization in Wisconsin in 2000.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the incidence and patterns of sports and recreation related injuries resulting in inpatient hospitalization in Wisconsin. Although much sports and recreation related injury research has focused on the emergency department setting, little is known about the scope or characteristics of more severe sports injuries resulting in hospitalization.

Setting

The Wisconsin Bureau of Health Information (BHI) maintains hospital inpatient discharge data through a statewide mandatory reporting system. The database contains demographic and health information on all patients hospitalized in acute care non-federal hospitals in Wisconsin.

Methods

The authors developed a classification scheme based on the International Classification of Diseases External cause of in

SUBMITTER: Dempsey RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1730208 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature