Verification and Regionalization of Trauma Systems: The Impact of These Efforts on Trauma Care in the United States
Abstract
KEY POINTS: A trauma system is a coordinated and organized approach to the delivery of care to injured patients within a community implemented to enhance community health and to ensure the effective use of resources. Efforts to develop trauma systems in the United States have resulted in the implementation of a system of care for the seriously injured in most states and within the US military, particularly in relation to recent major conflicts in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. The methodology intended to verify trauma systems is focused on performance based on patient-centered outcomes. Trauma systems are effectively regionalized to the extent that the most seriously injured patients in a community are cared for at designated tertiary care trauma centers. Outcome measures, beyond hospital-based mortality, such as risk-adjusted rates of preventable morbidity and quality-of-life indicators, may serve as a future means to verify trauma systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA619932
Entities
People
- Alan Murdock
- David Hoyt
- Jeffrey Bailey
- Scott Trexler
Organizations
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research