title: Quality of trauma care and trauma registries.
abstract: Traumatic disease is a major public health concern. Monitoring the quality of services provided is essential for the maintenance and improvement thereof. Assessing and monitoring the quality of care in trauma patient through quality indicators would allow identifying opportunities for improvement whose implementation would improve outcomes in hospital mortality, functional outcomes and quality of life of survivors. Many quality indicators have been used in this condition, although very few ones have a solid level of scientific evidence to recommend their routine use. The information contained in the trauma registries, spread around the world in recent decades, is essential to know the current health care reality, identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to the clinical and epidemiological research.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias-Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España.
authors.forename: F I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Pino Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, España.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ballesteros Sanz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cordero Lorenzana
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias-Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Granada, España. Electronic address: fguerrerolopez@gmail.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerrero López
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Calidad en cuidados de salud; Centros de Trauma; Indicadores de calidad; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Registries; Registros; Registros de traumatizados; Trauma Centers; Trauma Registries; Traumatismos; Wounds and Injuries