Complications, burden and in-hospital death among hospital treated injury patients in Victoria, Australia: a data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A wide range of outcome measures can be calculated for hospital-treated injury patients. These include mortality, use of critical care services, complications, length of stay, treatment costs, readmission and nursing care after discharge. Each address different aspects and phases of injury recovery and can yield vastly different results. This study aims to: (1) measure and report this range of outcomes in hospital-treated injury patients in a defined population; and (2) describe the associations between injury characteristics, socio-demographics and comorbidities and the various outcomes.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted of injury-related hospital admissions from July 2012 to June 2014 (152,835 patients) in Victoria, Australia. The admission records

SUBMITTER: Fernando DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588941 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature