title: Study on performance following Key Performance Indicators for trauma care: Khon Kaen Hospital 2000.
abstract: This study was conducted in 2000-2001 in order to improve the quality of trauma care by establishing the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as a guideline in providing trauma care service and to study the personnel's performance following 27 indexes of KPIs for trauma care in Khon Kaen Hospital. After the implementation of the KPIs by the method of participatory action research (PAR), the trauma preventable death rate was decreased to 1.3 per cent which was statistically different from the preventable death rate in 1997 (2.0%).
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Critical Care Center, Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand.
authors.forename: Witaya
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chadbunchachai
authors.forename: Surachai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saranrittichai
authors.forename: Sununta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sriwiwat
authors.forename: Jirawadee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chumsri
authors.forename: Sirikul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulleab
authors.forename: Piyaporn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaikwang
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000592:standards; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*