title: The Oxfordshire Head Injury Register.
abstract: This paper looks at the process of setting up a Head Injury Register whose aims are: (1) to identify reliably and rapidly patients who have sustained a head injury so that service can be offered to them; and (2) to obtain epidemiological data to identify needs and inform future service planning and development. The register records all cases of head injury in patients aged 16-65, regardless of severity, which present to hospital services in Oxfordshire whether or not admitted as inpatients. It was set up as part of a research project into the value of providing an early follow-up service for head injury patients. The paper highlights the difficulty of identifying these patients reliably. It details the administrative and technological problems encountered, together with some of their solutions.
authors: Oxford Head Injury Service, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, UK.
authors: N E
authors: NE
authors: Moss
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Powers
authors: D T
authors: DT
authors: Wade
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology