Geographical differences in mortality of severely injured patients in Italy | Zendy

Stefano Di Bartolomeo | Zendy; Francesca Valent | Zendy; Carlotta Rossi | Zendy; Fabio Beltrame | Zendy; Abramo Anghileri | Zendy; Fabio Barbone | Zendy

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Geographical differences in mortality of severely injured patients in Italy

Author(s) -

Stefano Di Bartolomeo,

Francesca Valent,

Carlotta Rossi,

Fabio Beltrame,

Abramo Anghileri,

Fabio Barbone

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

european journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.825

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1573-7284

pISSN - 0393-2990

DOI - 10.1007/s10654-008-9231-9

Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , referral , emergency medicine , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , intensive care , health care , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , family medicine , surgery , economics , economic growth

In Italy there are no accepted standards for trauma care nor dedicated programs for quality assessment on a national scale, like trauma registries. At the same time there seems to be a north-south gradient in the quality of health care. We hypothesized that geographical inequalities of health-care quality may affect trauma mortality.

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