Impact of hospital type on risk-adjusted, traffic-related 30-day mortality: a population-based registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traffic incidents are still a major contributor to hospital admissions and trauma-related mortality. The aim of this nationwide study was to examine risk-adjusted traffic injury mortality to determine whether hospital type was an independent survival factor.

Methods

Data on all patients admitted to Swedish hospitals with traffic-related injuries, based on International Classification of Diseases codes, between 2001 and 2011 were extracted from the Swedish inpatient and cause of death registries. Using the binary outcome measure of death or survival, data were analysed using logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, comorbidity, severity of injury and hospital type. The severity of injury was established using the International Classification of Diseases Injury

SUBMITTER: Ydenius V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7946621 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature