Quality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be checked constantly. The only way to measure quality and outcomes is to systematically accrue data and analyze them. A systematic revision of the literature about quality indicators in trauma associated to an international consensus conference An internationally approved base core set of 82 trauma quality indicators was obtained: Indicators were divided into 6 fields: prevention, structure, process, outcome, post-traumatic management, and society integrational effects. Present trauma quality indicator core set represents the result of an international effort aiming to provide a useful tool in quality evaluation and improvement. Further improvement may only be possible through international trauma registry development. This will allow for huge international data accrual permitting to evaluate results and compare outcomes.

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创伤质量指标：国际认可的创伤管理质量评价核心因素

必须衡量医疗保健的质量才能得到改善。创伤管理是医疗保健的一部分，根据定义，必须不断检查。衡量质量和结果的唯一方法是系统地积累数据并对其进行分析。与国际共识会议相关的创伤质量指标文献系统修订获得国际认可的82项创伤质量指标基础核心集：指标分为6个领域：预防、结构、过程、结果、创伤后管理, 和社会整合效应。目前的创伤质量指标核心集代表了一项旨在为质量评估和改进提供有用工具的国际努力的结果。只有通过国际创伤登记处的发展，才有可能进一步改善。这将允许大量的国际数据应计允许评估结果和比较结果。