MORTALITY RATES OF TRAUMATIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENT PATIENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
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Tarih
2014
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Yayıncı
Svenciliste U Zagrebu, Fakultet Prometnih Znanosti
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
The aim of the study is to estimate hospitalization and mortality rates in patients admitted to the University Hospital due to traffic accidents, and to determine the mean cost of the applicants in the hospital due to traffic accident. In this retrospective study data were obtained from the records of a university research and practice hospital. There were 802 patients admitted to emergency and other outpatient clinics of the University Hospital because of traffic accidents throughout the year 2012. Out of these patients, 166 (20.7%) were hospitalized, and the annual mortality rate was 0.87%. The total cost was 322,545.2 euro and 402.2 euro per patient. Road traffic accident detection reports covered only the numbers of fatal injuries and injuries that happened at the scene of accidents. Determination of the number of the dead and wounded with overall mortality rate would be supposed to reveal the magnitude of public health problem caused by traffic accidents.
Açıklama
Yilmaz, Muammer/0000-0002-8728-7635
WOS: 000339135600004
WOS: 000339135600004
Anahtar Kelimeler
road traffic accidents, mortality rate, University Hospital
Kaynak
Promet-Traffic & Transportation
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
26
Sayı
3
