Title Information
Title
What's in a State? Comparing Rhode Island's Trauma Population to National Standards
Name: Personal
Name Part
Liu, Yao
Role
Role Term: Text
creator
affiliation
Brown University. Alpert Medical School
Name: Personal
Name Part
Wills, Hale
Role
Role Term: Text
creator
affiliation
Hasbro Children's Hospital (Providence, R.I.)
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text
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posters
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Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
2016
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eng
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Biomedical Informatics
Abstract
Variation in trauma patient populations has not been well quantified in the literature. Rhode Island's (RI's) population is substantially older than the national average and the unique needs of elderly trauma have implications for trauma system design and defining injury prevention goals. Preliminary results from this study show that trauma incidents in RI disproportionately affect the elderly and Black/African Americans, though the most common types of trauma injuries do not significantly differ from national trauma injuries. Using trauma registry data from state and national sources, a computational approach is useful in identifying state-level trends to inform future policy.
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Wounds and injuries
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Biomedical informatics
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