District hospital based injury data—are they an option in a developing country?
Open Access
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- letter
- Published by BMJ in Injury Prevention
- Vol. 8 (4) , 345.3-346
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.8.4.345-b
Abstract
Lack of epidemiological data on injuries is one of the main impediments to injury prevention activities.1 Setting up a costly surveillance system is not an option in many developing countries. Utilizing existing sources of data like the hospital logs has been suggested.2 We present our findings on the quality of injury data available in existing logs in a district hospital …Keywords
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