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EXHIBIT A
SOURCES OF INJURY.
SURVEILLANCE DATA
1. Vital statistics/death certificates
2. Hospital inpatient data
3. Emergency room visits
4. Practitioners' offices
5. Injury surveys
6. Reports from police, fire, and motor
vehicle registries
7. Medicaid, insurance, emergency medical
systems, and poison centers
SOURCE: "Injury Surveillance-a State Perspective"
Public Health Reports
November-December, 1985
EXHIBIT B
DATA ELEMENTS IN
INJURY SURVEILLANCE
1. Time of injury event
2. Location of injury event
3. Demographic characteristics of person injured
4. Type of injuries
5. Agent causing injury
6. Circumstances surrounding injury event
7. Medical care
8. Health outcome
9. Cost of medical and other care
10. Other, depending on program objectives
SOURCE: "Surveillance in Injury Prevention"
Public Health Reports
November-December, 1985.
method of injury reporting and the establishment
of a trauma registry program. In its final report, the
Emergency Medical Services Patient Evacuation
Study Committee recommended that legislative
action be pursued in this area. The Bureau of
Emergency Management, Texas Department of
Health, is the appropriate entity to develop this
legislative proposal and to provide staff support
throughout the upcoming legislative session.
2. Identify and develop alternate funding sources for
the establishment of injury surveillance systems.
The state's current economic condition makes it
imperative to seek out alternate funding sources
to augment and/or to replace legislative appro-
priations of state general revenue funds. The
Committee on Trauma Research of the National
Academy of Science recommended that an Injury
Control Center be created within the Centers forDisease Control (CDC). The program has been
implemented at CDC; limited funds are available
for the development of injury prevention pro-
grams. One aspect of these programs is the
establishment of injury surveillance systems to
provide baseline data for the development of
injury reduction programs. The Bureau of Epi-
demiology, Texas Department of Health, is the
appropriate entity to assume primary respon-
sibility for pursuing this funding source. The
Bureaus of Epidemiology and Emergency Man-
agement should continue to cooperatively seek
out additional sources of support for related
projects.
3. Coordinate the development and implementation
of data collection systems with key agencies and
organizations. The success of the development
of a standardized method of injury reporting and
the implementation of some form of injury
surveillance system depends, to a great extent,
on the applicability and usability of the data
collected and the efficiency with which they are
collected. It is essential that the Texas
Department of Health, the Department of Public
Safety, the Texas Hospital Association, the Texas
Medical Association, EMS providers, and other
relevant agencies and organizations work
together in designing and implementing this data
collection effort.
REFERENCES
Roy T. Ing, M.D., M.P.H., et al, "Injury Surveillance
Systems - Strengths, Weaknesses, and Issues
Workshops," Public Health Reports, November-
December, 1985, pp. 582-586.
Roy T. Ing, M.D., M.P.H., "Surveillance in Injury
Prevention," Public Health Reports, November-
December1985, pp. 586-588.
Ian R.H. Rocket, Ph.D., "Program Perspective on
Injury Surveillance: Rhode Island's Experience,"
Public Health Reports, November-December 1985,
pp. 591-593.
Texas Department of Health, Texas Health
Objectives for 1990: Status Report 1984,
pp. 55-62.
Texas Department of Health, EMS Patient Evacu-
ation Study Committee Repot, pp. 1-5.
Texas Department of Health, Texas Vital Statistics
1984, pp. 15-28.1987-88 TEXAS STATE HEALTHPLAN
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