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Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10-Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan
Joint Authors
Chu, Dachen
Yang, Nan-Ping
Pan, Ren-Hao
Hsu, Kuo-Fang
Hsu, Yuan-Nian
Hsu, Jin-Chyr
Tseng, Lin-Yu
Chang, Nien-Tzu
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
To investigate the major injury patterns associated with traffic accidents and evaluate the risk factors of the main injury, a survey of Taiwan’s national insurance admission data between 2002 and 2011 was performed.
The incidence of traffic-accidents-related hospitalization was between 9.17% and 11.54% and the average mortality rate of the inpatients admitted due to traffic accidents was 0.68%.
Of all inpatients due to road traffic accidents in Taiwan, orthopedic fractures were the most common injuries that accounted for 29.36% of them.
There were a total of 391,197 cases of three orthopedic fracture groups that were divided into (1) fracture of upper limb, (2) fracture of lower limb, and (3) fracture of spine and trunk.
An increase in national medical cost used for inpatients with orthopedic fractures was noted and ranged from US$ 45.6 million to US$ 86 million annually.
These orthopedic fracture patterns were frequently associated with other injuries especially head injuries (ranged from 14% to 26%).
A significant relation to male gender, older age, low income, and admission to high-level hospital to the observed fracture patterns was observed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pan, Ren-Hao& Chang, Nien-Tzu& Chu, Dachen& Hsu, Kuo-Fang& Hsu, Yuan-Nian& Hsu, Jin-Chyr…[et al.]. 2014. Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10-Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050447
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pan, Ren-Hao…[et al.]. Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10-Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050447
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pan, Ren-Hao& Chang, Nien-Tzu& Chu, Dachen& Hsu, Kuo-Fang& Hsu, Yuan-Nian& Hsu, Jin-Chyr…[et al.]. Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10-Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050447
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1050447