title: Tackling the burden of injury in Australasia: developing a binational trauma registry.
abstract: Existing trauma registries in Australia and New Zealand play an important role in monitoring the management of injured patients. Over the past decade, such monitoring has been translated into changes in clinical processes and practices. Monitoring and changes have been ad hoc, as there are currently no Australasian benchmarks for "optimal" injury management. A binational trauma registry is urgently needed to benchmark injury management to improve outcomes for injured patients.
authors.affiliation: Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. t.davey@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Tamzyn M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: Cliff W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: Leanne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Aitken
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bellamy
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cass
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Danne
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Griggs
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamill
authors.forename: Sudhakar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Drew B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy