title: Trauma registers: planning and developing reports.
abstract: The reports generated by a trauma register are critical to the trauma system. These reports, when created after careful determination of the objectives and purposes of the register and before the development of the data set, provide a method for the comprehensive review of the trauma system and for trauma prevention and research.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kearns
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012042:Registries; D012106:Research; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000592:standards*