The study has its data from the NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management (ITIM) data from 2002-2007. This organization has responsibilities to oversee, made coordination, and supported the NSW Trauma System. As part of the trauma monitoring system, each trauma center was mandated to contribute a minimum data set (MDS) by providing information on all severely injured patients (Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15 on a quarterly basis), including those who were dead on arrival. The data were obtained from the NSW ITIM for all patients with an ISS > 15 from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2007 treated within the NSW ITIM Area Health Service. In addition, the research’s outcome has limitation in the ITIM minimum data set (MDS), such as overall hospital length of stay (LOS), LOS in the intensive care unit
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At this point it seemed quaint, because Australia has been implementing the trauma care system in New South Wales (NSW) since 1988. In advanced, similar system had been developing all over Australian areas until the article was written by authors in 2011. The Australian federal government has 23 years to develop the trauma care system, including with its infrastructure and competent/high skills human resources to cure, nurse and take care of patients with severe injured trauma. My starting question for this study is why until this research’s report has been published, the Australian health management system administrators still can’t find relation between hospital levels and its services with a benefit that they should give to people with severe injured trauma? For ordinary people who were from developing countries, such as Indonesian nurses and doctors would say it was strange, because Australia as a develop country with tons of resources, including high competence of human
At this point it seemed quaint, because Australia has been implementing the trauma care system in New South Wales (NSW) since 1988. In advanced, similar system had been developing all over Australian areas until the article was written by authors in 2011. The Australian federal government has 23 years to develop the trauma care system, including with its infrastructure and competent/high skills human resources to cure, nurse and take care of patients with severe injured trauma. My starting question for this study is why until this research’s report has been published, the Australian health management system administrators still can’t find relation between hospital levels and its services with a benefit that they should give to people with severe injured trauma? For ordinary people who were from developing countries, such as Indonesian nurses and doctors would say it was strange, because Australia as a develop country with tons of resources, including high competence of human