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. 2024 Apr 3;8(1):249-253.
doi: 10.1089/heq.2023.0044. eCollection 2024.

Identifying Common Data Elements to Achieve Injury-related Health Equity Across the Lifespan: A Consensus-Driven Approach

Kelsey M Conrick  1 , Brianna Mills  2   3 , Molly Fuentes  2   4 , Janessa M Graves  2   5 , Christopher St Vil  6 , Monica S Vavilala  2   7 , Eileen M Bulger  2   8 , Saman Arbabi  2   8 , Ali Rowhani-Rahbar  3 , Megan Moore  1   2
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Identifying Common Data Elements to Achieve Injury-related Health Equity Across the Lifespan: A Consensus-Driven Approach

Kelsey M Conrick et al. Health Equity. .

Abstract

Background: Limited availability and poor quality of data in medical records and trauma registries impede progress to achieve injury-related health equity across the lifespan.

Methods: We used a Nominal Group Technique (NGT) in-person workgroup and a national web-based Delphi process to identify common data elements (CDE) that should be collected.

Results: The 12 participants in the NGT workgroup and 23 participants in the national Delphi process identified 10 equity-related CDE and guiding lessons for research on collection of these data.

Conclusions: These high-priority CDE define a detailed, equity-oriented approach to guide research to achieve injury-related health equity across the lifespan.

Keywords: common data elements; health equity; injury; trauma registry; trauma systems.

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