How representative is the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) for population-based injury surveillance in Victoria? A retrospective observational study of administrative healthcare data

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) is a key data resource for injury surveillance. The VEMD collects emergency department data from 39 public hospitals across Victoria; however, rural emergency care services are not well captured. The aim of this study is to determine the representativeness of the VEMD for injury surveillance.

Design

A retrospective observational study of administrative healthcare data.

Setting and participants

Injury admissions in 2014/2015–2018/2019 were extracted from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) which captures all Victorian hospital admissions; only cases that arrived through a hospital’s emergency department (ED) were included. Each admission was categorised as taking place in a VEMD-contributing versu

SUBMITTER: Rezaei-Darzi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature