National IDB File Information (IDB Full Data Set)
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Country
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Malta
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Year
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2012
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National Register Name
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Injury Database (IDB)
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Purpose of the register
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Is essential for effective injury prevention and for safety promotion;
b) to provide a foundation for the development and implementation of evidence-based injury prevention strategies;
c) can help liaison with the Department of Consumer Safety within the Malta Standards Authority to act as an alert system identifying the products /
services leading to / causing injuries;
d) is essential for calculating the cost of various types of injuries
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Scope of the register
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The Injury Database (IDB) is a systematic injury surveillance system that collects accidents and injury data from the Emergency Departments from 2 General Public Hospitals in Malta and Gozo. The IDB covers all types of injuries from traffic, work place, violence and self-harm.
This database merges injuries for Gozo. Data is obtained by DHIR from:-
a) Data from patients entering at Emergency Departments at Gozo
General Hospital suffering from an
injury;
b) Hospital Discharge Registers;
c) National Mortality Register;
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Data file name (FDS)
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2012 for submission.txt
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Date of creation of FDS file
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20130815
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Range of data of attendance
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20120101 –20121231
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Original coding dictionary
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Coding manual V1.1 2005
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Dictionary modifications
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NA
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(Eventual) Bridge coding applied
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NA
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No. of records in the data file
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3526
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No. of FDS reference hospitals
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1
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Geographic scope
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Only one hospital on the island of Gozo is being covered at the moment – Gozo General Hospital
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Sampling of hospitals
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NA
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Sampling of cases within hospitals
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NA
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Data entry method
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Data is collected from A & E Gozo General Hospital register. All paper records of all patiens presenting at emergency department are forwarded to DHIR. Injury records are identified and the information is coded according to IDB Coding Manual 2005 and data entered. All records are cross linked with the Hospital Discharge Register and the National
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Percentage of admissions in data file
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7.9%
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Minimum Quality Control Checks
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Y
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Average percentage of “unknown”
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16.29%
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(Eventual) additional comments (for the user):
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NA
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Responsible data administrator (organization)
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Directorate Health Information and Research
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Contact: Responsible person
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Audrey Galea
Directorate of Health Information and Research
95 G’Mangia Hill,
G’Mangia
Malta
00356 25599341
audrey.galea@gov.mt
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Signature
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Date of completion of this file
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20130815
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