ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2020
Evaluating trauma care, outcomes and costs in a system in crisis: the necessity of a Greek National Trauma Database.
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- European orthopaedic trauma registries: perspectives from Belgium, Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2025Review
- Comprehensive epidemiological assessment of trauma incidents at a level I trauma center.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Femoral fractures are an indicator of increased severity of injury for road traffic collision victims: an autopsy-based case-control study on 4895 fatalities.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAt present there is no organized trauma system in Greece and no national trauma database. The objective of this study was to record and evaluate trauma management at our university hospital and to measure the associated healthcare costs, while laying the foundations for a national database and the organization of regional trauma networks.
methodsRetrospective study of trauma patients (n=2320) between 2014 and 2015, through our single-center registry. Demographic information, injury patterns, hospital transfer, investigations, interventions, duration of hospitalization, Injury Severity Score (ISS), outcomes, complications and cost were recorded.
resultsRoad traffic collisions (RTC) accounted for 23.2% of traumas. The proportion of patients who were transferred to the hospital by the National Emergency Medical Services decreased throughout the study (n DISCUSSION: Our results suggest that RTCs pose a significant financial burden. The prehospital triage of trauma patients is ineffective. A reduction of costs could have been achieved if prehospital triage was more effective. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
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