The quality of the injury severity classification by the police: An important step for a reliable assessment

This study aims to assess the under-reporting and misclassification of the traffic injury severity reported by the police for the first time in Portugal. The non-fatality traffic injuries classified by the police are compared with the information recorded by the hospitals using linked data. The unde...

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Main Author: Sara Ferreira (author)
Other Authors: Luis Falcão (author), António Couto (author), Marco Amorim (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/99407
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/99407