National File Information (Full Data Set)
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Country
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Malta
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Year
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2013
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National Register Name
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Injury Database
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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 Malta and Gozo. Data is obtained by DHIR from:-
a) Data from patients entering at Emergency Departments in Malta and Gozo suffering from an injury;
b) Hospital Discharge Registers;
c) National Mortality Register;
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Data file name (FDS)
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NA
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Date of creation of FDS file
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NA
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Range of data of attendance
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20130101 - 20131231
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Original coding dictionary
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Coding Manualo V1.1 2005(June)
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Dictionary modifications
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Type of Injury : 20 – Sting bites
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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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28068
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No. of FDS reference hospitals
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2
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Geographic scope
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One General Public Hospital covering the Island of Gozo and one General Public Hospital covering the main island of Malta.
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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 Malta and Gozo General Hospital. Gozo General Hospital is still paper based and are forwarded to DHIR. Data for Malta from Mater Dei Hospital is forwarded in excel format. Injury records are identified and the information is coded according to IDB Coding Manual V1.1 2005 and data entered. All records are cross linked with the Hospital Discharge Register and the National Mortality Register.
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Percentage of admissions in data file
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13.8%
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Minimum Quality Control Checks
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Yes,
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Average percentage of “unknown”
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Average ratio of no. of 9, 99, 999 in the 16 data elements recording county – mechanism of injury (except nature of injury 2, part of body injured 2)
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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 25599 341
Audrey.galea@gov.mt
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Signature
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Date of completion of this file
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29/05/2014
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