title: Epidemiology of trauma in Minnesota.
abstract: Injury accounts for more than 2,500 deaths and 300,000 hospital admissions in Minnesota each year. Using the 2002 Minnesota hospital discharge database, we examined the subset of hospital-treated injuries that received trauma care and categorized claims into trauma-related deaths, cases of nonfatal major trauma, and other cases that received specialized trauma care. We also examined where trauma patients received their care, the leading diagnoses for trauma deaths and nonfatal major trauma, and whether a statewide trauma system that would identify and equip more hospitals as trauma centers would have significant potential for improving trauma care in Minnesota.
authors.affiliation: Injury and Violence Prevention Unit, Minnesota Department of Health, USA.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roesler
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinde
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaichas
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008910:Minnesota; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality