A Target to Achieve Zero Preventable Trauma Deaths Through Quality Improvement

Zain G Hashmi; Elliott R Haut; David T Efron; Ali Salim; Edward E Cornwell 3rd; Adil H Haider

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0159

A Target to Achieve Zero Preventable Trauma Deaths Through Quality Improvement

JAMA Surg. 2018 Jul 1;153(7):686-689. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0159.

Authors

Zain G Hashmi^{1

2

3}, Elliott R Haut³, David T Efron³, Ali Salim², Edward E Cornwell 3rd⁴, Adil H Haider^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Center for Surgery and Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Johns Hopkins Surgery Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC.
⁵ Deputy Editor.

Abstract

This study uses the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample to examine the number of preventable trauma deaths in US hospitals to provide a target for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine mandate of zero preventable deaths after injury.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Quality Improvement*
Trauma Centers / standards*
United States
Wounds and Injuries / mortality*
Wounds and Injuries / prevention & control*
Young Adult