Background For decades, trauma registries have been the primary source of data for
resource allocation, quality improvement efforts and hypothesis-generating research in …

Background: This study was undertaken to assess the current status of statewide trauma
registries to facilitate a design and plans for a National Trauma Registry for Children …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 637–643© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Trauma registries have been designed to serve a …

BACKGROUND: Risk-adjusted analyses are critical in evaluating trauma outcomes. The
National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) is a statistically robust registry that allows such …

Trauma centers and trauma registries have become important sources of data for trauma
research. In their present form, both have serious biases in data selection, however, that can …

Background: The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) was developed as a convenience
sample of registry data from contributing trauma centers (TCs), thus, inferences about …

Trauma registries are a potential source of part of the data needed for comprehensive public
health surveillance of injuries. Like other disease registries, those for trauma are used to …

Objective Accurate data are needed to evaluate clinical outcomes, therapeutic modalities,
and quality of care in trauma. Administrative data, usually used for billing, and trauma …

BACKGROUND Analyses of data aggregated in state and national trauma registries provide
the platform for clinical, research, development, and quality improvement efforts in trauma …

Background A key part of a viable trauma system is the Trauma Registry (TR), used for
research, education, and performance improvement. This study sought to assess the …