Validation of an ICD-9-CM-Based Monitoring Tool for Regional Trauma Systems: The PaTraME Study in Pavia Province, Italy
Paola Fugazzola, Leandro Gentile, Francesco Chiarolanza, Pietro Perotti, Mario Alessiani, Federico Capra Marzani, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Simone Frassini, Federico Alberto Grassi, Catherine Klersy, Alba Muzzi, Alessandra Palo, Stefano Perlini, Maurizio Raimondi, Luca Ansaloni, on behalf of the PaTraME St · 2025
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Paola Fugazzola and co-authors validate a low-cost tool for monitoring trauma care in an Italian province, published in 2025. Trauma systems need steady monitoring to improve survival. Registry-based tracking is accurate but costly to run. The PaTraME project instead mines routine hospital discharge codes. Those codes feed a model that estimates injury severity and death risk.
The study checked the tool against major trauma admissions over eight years. Cases came from Pavia Province between 2014 and 2021. Agreement with expected outcomes supported the approach. A cost-free surveillance method could serve whole regional networks. Trauma planners in other regions gain a template. The validation step is what turns a clever idea into a trusted system.
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| CREATOR | Paola Fugazzola, Leandro Gentile, Francesco Chiarolanza, Pietro Perotti, Mario Alessiani, Federico Capra Marzani, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Simone Frassini, Federico Alberto Grassi, Catherine Klersy, Alba Muzzi, Alessandra Palo, Stefano Perlini, Maurizio Raimondi, Luca Ansaloni, on behalf of the PaTraME St |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |