CODES Model
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CODES Model |
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| 1. | <> | Statewide, population-based, computerized data related to motor vehicle crashes for two calendar years: |
| - crash | ||
| collected by police at the scene | ||
| - EMS | ||
| collected by EMTs who provide treatment at the scene and en route | ||
| - emergency department/hospital | ||
collected by physicians, nurses and others who provide treatment at the emergency department, |
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| 2. | Probabilistic linkage of the crash, hospital and either EMS or emergency department data so that persons involved and injured in a motor vehicle crash can be tracked from the scene through the health care system. Linkage also makes it possible to evaluate the medical and financial outcome for specific event, vehicle and person characteristics. | |
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| Additional state data such as driver licensing, vehicle registration, citation/conviction records, insurance claims, HMO/managed care data are also useful for linkage. Data elements chosen for linkage must include sufficient identifiers to discriminate among the events and the persons involved. | ||
| 3. | CODES Board of Directors | |
| - includes the owners
of the state data
- responsible for all decisions related to confidentiality, management and release of the linked data. |
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| CODES Advisory Board | ||
| - includes the data
owners and major users of the linked data
- reviews and advises on applications of the linked data. |
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| 4. | Staff experienced in working with the crash and injury state data. | |
| - CODES provides extensive on-site training in probabilistic linkage | ||
| 5. | Dedicated computer resources for linkage. | |
| - funded by CODES | ||
| 6. | Institutionalization of CODES within existing state agencies. | |
| - state support of
routine linkage of state data
- use of linked data for traffic safety decision making |
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