The probability of death score: a measure of injury severity for use in planning and evaluating accident prevention

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dc.contributor.authorSomers, R.
dc.contributor.organisationCentre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR)
dc.date.issued1983
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a number of new analytic options in using injury severity as a criterion in planning and evaluating accident prevention. Procedures are outlined for using the Abbreviated Injury Scale and the Probability of Death Score to describe injury severity in groups of trauma victims, to predict mortality and lost person years, to calculate activity risks and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of prevention. Cautions in the use of the Abbreviated Injury Scale are discussed as are the comparative advantages of injury severity scaling versus injury outcome measures.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityRonald L. Somers
dc.identifier.citationAccident Analysis and Prevention, 1983; 15(4):259-266
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/0001-4575(83)90050-7
dc.identifier.issn0001-4575
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/48861
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.rightsCopyright © 1983 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/0001-4575(83)90050-7
dc.titleThe probability of death score: a measure of injury severity for use in planning and evaluating accident prevention
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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