Evaluation of the impact of the NICE head injury guidelines on inpatient mortality from traumatic brain injury: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) head injury guidelines on deaths and hospital admissions caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Setting

All hospitals in England between 1998 and 2017.

Participants

Patients admitted to hospital or who died up to 30 days following hospital admission with International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding indicating the reason for admission or death was TBI.

Intervention

An interrupted time series analysis was conducted with intervention points when each of the three guidelines was introduced. Analysis was stratified by guideline recommendation specific age groups (0-15, 16-64 and 65+).

Outcome measures

The monthly population mortality and admission rates for

SUBMITTER: Marincowitz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561604 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature