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. 1976 Spring;11(1):45-52.

Utility of the injury severity score: a confirmation

J L Semmlow, R Cone

Utility of the injury severity score: a confirmation

J L Semmlow et al. Health Serv Res. 1976 Spring.

Abstract

Independent results obtained from Illinois Trauma Registry data confirm an earlier finding of a fixed, monotonic relationship between expected mortality and the Injury Severity Score (ISS) value of injuries sustained in both vehicular and nonvehicular incidents. Further results show the ISS measure to be a good indicator of hospitalization demand from accident victims and suggest that this variable can be used to control for variations in injury severity in comparative evaluations of EMS systems.

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