Collection and Utilization of Accident and Injury Data
Author: United States. Congress. House. Government Operations
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 136
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Collection and Utilization of Accident and Injury Data
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines ability of Federal agencies and departments to collect information on accidents involving household products and to use the information to help prevent future accidents.
National Safety Council Injury Facts
Author: National Safety Council
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780879122966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInjury in America
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1985-01-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0309035457
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Injury is a public health problem whose toll is unacceptable," claims this book from the Committee on Trauma Research. Although injuries kill more Americans from 1 to 34 years old than all diseases combined, little is spent on prevention and treatment research. In addition, between $75 billion and $100 billion each year is spent on injury-related health costs. Not only does the book provide a comprehensive survey of what is known about injuries, it suggests there is a vast need to know more. Injury in America traces findings on the epidemiology of injuries, prevention of injuries, injury biomechanics and the prevention of impact injury, treatment, rehabilitation, and administration of injury research.
Reducing the Burden of Injury
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1998-12-21
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 030917354X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInjuries are the leading cause of death and disability among people under age 35 in the United States. Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in 150,000 deaths, 2.6 million hospitalizations, and 36 million visits to the emergency room each year. Reducing the Burden of Injury describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks critically at the current response by the public and private sectors, including: Data and surveillance needs. Research priorities. Trauma care systems development. Infrastructure support, including training for injury professionals. Firearm safety. Coordination among federal agencies. The authors define the field of injury and establish boundaries for the field regarding intentional injuries. This book highlights the crosscutting nature of the injury field, identifies opportunities to leverage resources and expertise of the numerous parties involved, and discusses issues regarding leadership at the federal level.
Care Without Coverage
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2002-06-20
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0309083435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.
Advances in Patient Safety
Author: Kerm Henriksen
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 526
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKv. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.
Patient Safety and Quality
Author: Ronda Hughes
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 592
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
State Traffic Safety Information
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Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOccupational Injuries Statistics from Household Surveys and Establishment Surveys
Author: Karen Taswell
Publisher: International Labor Office
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides guidance for national labour statisticians engaged in or proposing to start the compilation of statistics on occupational injuries through household surveys or establishment surveys.
