Injury Control

1. An Overview of Injury Research Frederick P. Rivara; 2. Classifying and Counting Injury Lois A. Fingerhut and Elizabeth McLoughlin; 3. Measurement of Injury Severity and Co-morbidity Grant O'Keefe and Gregory J. Jurkovich; 4. Data Linkages and Using Administrative and Secondary Databases Beth A. Mueller; 5. Rates, Rate Denominators and Rate Comparisons Peter Cummings, Robyn Norton and Thomas D. Koepsell; 6. Data Collection Methods Carol W. Runyan and J. Michael Bowling; 7. Selecting a Study Design for Injury Research Thomas D. Koepsell; 8. Qualitative Methods in Injury Research David C. Grossman and Lorna Rhodes; 9. Randomised Trials Thomas D. Koepsell; 10. Cohort Studies in Injury Research Jess F. Kraus; 11. Case-Control Studies in Injury Research Peter Cummings, Thomas D. Koepsell and Ian Roberts; 12. Ecologic Studies Ralph Hingson, Jonathan Howland, Thomas D. Koepsell and Peter Cummings; 13. Case Studies and Trauma Registries Charles Mock; 14. Systematic Reviews of Injury Studies Frances Bunn, Carolyn G. DiGuiseppe and Ian Roberts; 15. Evaluating an Injury Intervention or Program Robert S. Thompson and Jeffrey J. Sacks; 16. The Development of Clinical Decision Rules for Injury Care Ian G. Stiell; 17. Trauma Performance Improvement Ronald V. Maier and Michael Rhodes; 18. Measuring Disability and Quality of Life Post-injury Ellen J. MacKenzie; 19. Economic Evaluation of Injury Control John D. Graham and Maria Segui-Gomez; 20. Ethical Issues Helen McGough and Marsha E. Wolf; Index.