European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Jun 2016
Multicenter StudyEvaluation of the influence of the definition of an isolated hip fracture as an exclusion criterion for trauma system benchmarking: a multicenter cohort study.
To assess whether the definition of an IHF used as an exclusion criterion influences the results of trauma center benchmarking. ⋯ Although the exclusion of patients with IHF has an influence on the results of trauma center benchmarking based on mortality, the definition of IHF in terms of diagnostic codes, age, mechanism of injury and secondary injury has no significant impact on benchmarking results. Results suggest that there is no need to obtain formal consensus on the definition of IHF for benchmarking activities.