Trauma undertriage and overtriage rates: are we using the wrong formulas?

Affiliations

¹ Center for Pediatric Trauma Research and Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA.
² Center for Pediatric Trauma Research and Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA; The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: Huiyun.Xiang@Nationwidechildrens.org.

Jin Peng et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;34(11):2191-2192.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.08.061. Epub 2016 Aug 31.

¹ Center for Pediatric Trauma Research and Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA.
² Center for Pediatric Trauma Research and Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA; The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: Huiyun.Xiang@Nationwidechildrens.org.

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