Trauma Center Evaluation in Rio de Janeiro: Patient Care Indicators and Outcomes

An evaluation of a public hospital Trauma Center in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Elvis da Silva Silveira. The analysis includes indicators such as eligibility criteria, service procedures, causes of care, length of stay, and mortality. The mean hospital stay was 11.4 days, with 79% of patients from the prehospital setting and 54.97% from traffic accidents, resulting in a 4.5% mortality rate.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking hospital performance based on reported indicators like length of stay and mortality rate.
• Analyzing trauma patient demographics and injury causes, such as the high proportion from traffic accidents.
• Evaluating the implementation of clinical protocols for trauma care in a public hospital setting.
• Modeling resource allocation and policy planning for state-level trauma care systems.

Strengths

• Includes specific performance metrics: a mean hospital stay of 11.4 days and a mortality rate of 4.5%.
• Provides detailed patient origin breakdown: 79% from prehospital setting and 54.97% from traffic accidents.
• Evaluation is based on observed service and analyzed indicators, suggesting a structured methodology.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Elvis da Silva Silveira via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Service observation and analysis of established indicators.

Geography

State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil