National trends in injury hospitalizations, 1979-2001.

"March 2005."Includes bibliographical references (p. 102).Chartbook on Trends in Injury Hospitalizations: United States, 1979-2001 -- Introduction -- -- General Statistics -- Injury and Noninjury Discharges -- Injury Hospital Discharge Rates by Sex and Race -- Injury Hospital Discharge Rates by Sex and Age -- -- Injury Diagnoses and External Causes of Injury -- Barell Matrix for Injury Diagnosis Categories -- Discharges by Injury Diagnosis -- Fractures -- Poisoning and Toxic Effects -- Discharges by Body Region -- Extremity Injuries -- Head and Neck Injuries -- Hip Fractures -- External Cause of Injury -- -- Utilization and Payment -- Average Number of Diagnoses -- Days of Care -- Average Length of Stay by Age and Sex -- Average Length of Stay by Injury Diagnosis -- Discharge Disposition -- Discharge Disposition by Age -- Expected Source of Payment -- -- Appendixes -- A. Data Sources, Definitions, and Methods -- B. The Barell injury diagnosis matrix; classification by body region and nature of injury -- C. Recommended framework of E-code groupings for presenting injury morbidity data.Mode of access: Internet