| Reproducibility of preventable death judgments and problem identification in 60 consecutive road trauma fatalities in Victoria, Australia. Consultative Committee on Road Traffic Fatalities in Victoria. | |
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PMID: 9390497 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Since 1992, the Consultative Committee on Road Traffic Fatalities in Victoria has identified problems in the management of traffic fatalities. Its two evaluative committees have additionally assessed the potential preventability of death. Previous studies have shown only poor to fair reproducibility of death judgments. METHODS: Problems in the management of 60 consecutive road traffic fatalities and the potential preventability of death were independently evaluated by the two committees. Inter-rater and inter-committee concordance were analyzed using the kappa statistic. RESULTS: Reproducibility was high. Inter-committee agreement on nonpreventable, potentially preventable, and preventable death judgments was high (kappa = 0.73, 95% confidence interval = 0.57-0.89). Agreement within the two evaluative committees was also high (average weighted kappa = 0.73 and 0.74). There was good agreement between committees on problems identified, including those contributing to death. CONCLUSION: The high kappa concordance on preventable death judgments and the agreement on problem identification supports the reproducibility of the methodology used. |
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Authors:
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F T McDermott; S M Cordner; A B Tremayne |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of trauma Volume: 43 ISSN: 0022-5282 ISO Abbreviation: J Trauma Publication Date: 1997 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1997-12-18 Completed Date: 1997-12-18 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376373 Medline TA: J Trauma Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 831-9 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Surgery, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. |
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Accidents, Traffic
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mortality*,
prevention & control,
statistics & numerical data* Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Humans Injury Severity Score Male Middle Aged Probability Reproducibility of Results Survival Analysis Victoria |
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