References
- Baker S P, O'Neil B, Haddon W, Jr, Long B W. The injury Severity Score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries andevaluating emergency care. J Trauma 1974; 14: 187–96
- Mackersie R C. History of trauma field triage development andthe American College of Surgeons criteria. Prehosp Emerg Care 2006; 10: 287–94
- Lerner E B. Studies evaluating current field triage: 1966–2005. Prehosp Emerg Care 2006; 10: 303–6
- Henry M C, Hollander J E, Alicandro J M, Cassara G, O'Malley S, Thode H C, Jr. Incremental benefit of individual American College of Surgeons trauma triage criteria. Acad Emerg Med 1996; 3: 992–1000
- Baxt W G, Upenieks V. The lack of full correlation between the Injury Severity Score andthe resource needs of injured patients. Ann Emerg Med 1990; 19: 1396–400
- Baxt W G, Jones G, Fortlage D. The Trauma Triage Rule: a new, resource-based approach to the out-of-hospital identification of major trauma victims. Ann Emerg Med 1990; 19: 1401–6
- MacKersie R C. Field triage, andthe fragile supply of “optimal resources” for the care of the injured patient. Prehosp Emerg Care 2006; 10: 347–50
- Mullins R J, Veum-Stone J, Helfand M, et al. Outcome of hospitalized injured patients after institution of a trauma system in an urban area. JAMA 1994; 271: 1919–24
- Samplais J S, Denis R, Lavoie A, et al. Trauma care regionalization: a process-outcome evaluation. J Trauma 1999; 46: 565–81
- MacKenzie E J, Rivara F P, Jurkovich G J, et al. A national evaluation of the effect of trauma-center care on mortality. N Engl J Med 2006; 354: 366–78
- Hulka F, Mullins R J, Mann N C, et al. Influence of a statewide trauma system on pediatric hospitalization andoutcome. J Trauma 1997; 42: 514–9
- Mullins R J, Veum-Stone J, Hedges J R, et al. Influence of a statewide trauma system on location of hospitalization andoutcome of injured patients. J Trauma 1996; 40: 536–45
- Mullins R J, Mann N C, Hedges J R, Worrall W, Jurkovich G J. Preferential benefit of implementation of a statewide trauma system in one of two adjacent states. J Trauma 1998; 44: 609–17
- Demetriades D, Martin M, Salim A, Rhee P, Brown C, Chan L. The effect of trauma center designation andtrauma volume on outcome in specific severe injuries. Ann Surg 2005; 242: 512–9
- The Abbreviated Injury Scale, 1990 Revision, Update 98. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Barrington, IL 2001
- Newgard C D, Hedges J R, Mullins R. Secondary triage: early identification of high risk injured patients presenting to non-tertiary hospital emergency departments. Prehosp Emerg Care 2007; 11: 154–63
- Newgard C D, Hedges J R, Stone J, Mullins R J. Derivation of a clinical decision rule to guide the interhospital transfer of patients with blunt traumatic brain injury. Emerg Med J 2005; 22: 855–60
- Newgard C D, Cudnik M, Warden C R, Hedges J R. The predictive value andappropriate ranges of out-of-hospital physiologic parameters for high-risk injured children. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007; 23: 450–6
- Newgard C D, McConnell K J, Hedges J R. Variability of trauma transfer practices among non-tertiary care hospital emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med 2006; 13: 746–54
- Clark D E. Practical introduction to record linkage for injury research. Inj Prev 2004; 10: 186–91
- Jaro M A. Probabilistic linkage of large public health data files. Stat Med 1995; 14: 491–8
- Newgard C D. Validation of probabilistic linkage to match de-identified ambulance records to a state trauma registry. Acad Emerg Med 2006; 13: 69–75
- Rubin D B. Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York 1987
- Little R JA, Rubin D B. Statistical Analysis with Missing Data. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY 1987
- Future of Emergency Care Series: Emergency Care for Children, Growing Pains. Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System, Board on Health Care Services. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. National Academy Press, Washington, DC 2006