Discrepancies in vehicular crash injury reporting: Northeastern Ohio trauma study IV

Barancik, J.I.; Fife, Daniel

doi:10.1016/0001-4575(85)90017-x

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“…Most of the studies, however, estirnated system sensitivity using the independent case ascertainment method (47,107,(117)(118)(119)(120)(121)(122)(123)(124)(125)(126)(127)(128)(129)(130)(131)(132)(133)(134)(135)(136). In this approach, special surveys or routinely collected data are used to independently estirnate the frequency of injury occurrence.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…• identify ail such injuries (133). When these records were matched with police reports, the sensitivity was 55%.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…System representativeness was also addressed in several of the sensitivity studies through comparison of the charncteristics of captured and missed injuries (129,133,134,137). Univariate analyses on clinical and demographic factors were used to quantify any systematic errors (biases) in capture.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Univariate analyses on clinical and demographic factors were used to quantify any systematic errors (biases) in capture. For example, police reporting of motor-vehicle crash injuries was shown to be unrepresentative in IWO studies (133,134). Barnncik et al showed that the frequency of police reports was significantly lower for crash injuries where the victim was transported to the emergency room by means other than an ambulance, not admitted to hospital, or under the age of 16 (133).…”

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Evaluation of the Quality of an Injury Surveillance System

Macarthur

Pless

1999

American Journal of Epidemiology

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“…• identify ail such injuries (133). When these records were matched with police reports, the sensitivity was 55%.…”

Section: Evaluation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evaluation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of the Quality of an Injury Surveillance System

Macarthur

Pless

1999

American Journal of Epidemiology

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“…In the U.S., one of the earliest such efforts was reported by Barancik and Fife (1985), drawing from a probability sampling of emergency room visits to 42 hospitals in northeastern Ohio. The authors were able to identify police crash reports for only 55 percent of the patients treated for injuries received in a motor vehicle crash; among those hospitalized, 74 percent were matched.…”

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Police Reporting of Pedestrians and Bicyclists Treated in Hospital Emergency Rooms

Stutts¹,

Hunter²

1998

Transportation Research Record

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Drawing on a study of injured pedestrians and bicyclists treated at hospital emergency rooms in California, New York, and North Carolina, an attempt was made to match the emergency room cases to state motor vehicle crash data, and to analyze the factors associated with the occurrence of a match. The purpose is to (1) provide additional information on the likely level of underreporting of pedestrian– and bicycle–motor vehicle collisions on state crash files and (2) examine whether cases that are reported differ in any systematic way from those that are not reported. A total of 388 pedestrian– and 255 bicycle–motor vehicle cases were available for inclusion in the analysis, with 56 percent of the pedestrian and 48 percent of the bicycle cases matched to state crash files. After adjusting for other potential confounders, pedestrians who were hospitalized or killed were 1.3 times more likely to be reported on the state crash files than were pedestrians receiving emergency room treatment only; those struck in the roadway were 1.7 times more likely to be reported than those struck in nonroadway locations; and those ages 15 to 24 were 70 percent less likely to be reported than pedestrians of all other ages. In contrast, the only factor found to be associated with police reporting of bicycle–motor vehicle crashes was the severity level of the injury: bicyclists who were hospitalized or killed were 1.4 times more likely to be reported on the state crash files than were bicyclists receiving emergency room treatment only.

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Efficacy of Mandatory Seat-Belt Use Legislation

Chorba

Reinfurt²,

Hulka³

1988

JAMA

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The North Carolina General Assembly approved a law effective in October 1985 that mandated seat-belt use by front-seat occupants of passenger vehicles. In January 1987, a $25 fine for infractions of this law went into effect. This study examined numbers of car occupants with severe and fatal injuries in crashes in North Carolina, controlling for the amount of vehicle damage as a measure of crash severity. After the law, significant decreasing trends were seen in the percentages of front-seat occupants who had severe or fatal injuries in crashes, although the involvement of alcohol in crashes was still associated with an increased risk of such injury. Projections indicate that a reduction of approximately 1100 severe or fatal injuries per year can be attributed to the seat-belt law in North Carolina. This study supports the hypothesis that the societal burden of crash-associated injury can be reduced by mandating seat-belt use.

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Discrepancies in vehicular crash injury reporting: Northeastern Ohio trauma study IV

Cited by 43 publications

References 4 publications

Evaluation of the Quality of an Injury Surveillance System

Evaluation of the Quality of an Injury Surveillance System

Police Reporting of Pedestrians and Bicyclists Treated in Hospital Emergency Rooms

Efficacy of Mandatory Seat-Belt Use Legislation

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