Background Care in a trauma centre is associated with significant reductions in mortality
after severe injury. However, emerging evidence suggests that outcomes across similarly …

Importance In response to the burden of injury, the structure of injury care has changed
considerably across Canada in the past decade. However, little is known about how patient …

Background Hospitals have difficulty justifying the expense of maintaining trauma centers
without strong evidence of their effectiveness. To address this gap, we examined differences …

Objective The main objective was to compare the 30-day mortality rate of trauma patients
treated at trauma centers as compared to non-trauma centers in Sweden. The secondary …

Abstract Background Trauma Centres (TC) are expected to have a lower mortality–after
controlling for injury-severity–than non-designated hospitals in order to justify their funding …

Background Trauma centers are designated to provide systematized multidisciplinary care
to injured patients. Effective trauma systems reduce patient mortality by facilitating the …

Background The role of level 3 trauma centres (TC) in inclusive trauma systems has not
been well defined. The absence of nationally recognised inter-facility transfer criteria for …

Background Trauma center mortality rates are benchmarked to expected rates of death
based on patient and injury characteristics. The expected mortality rate is recalculated from …

Objective Describe major trauma activity and mortality within non-trauma centres within a
single trauma referral network in New South Wales, Australia over a five-year period. Design …

Background The introduction of trauma systems in many countries worldwide has been
shown to improve injury survival. However, few data are available on the long‐term …