Appendix 4: Manuscript in preparation – Study IITITLEDIFFERENCES IN POLICE, AMBULANCE, AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTREPORTING OF TRAFFIC INJURIES ON KARACHI-HALA ROAD, PAKISTANAUTHORS1. Junaid Ahmad BHATTI a,2. Junaid Abdul RAZZAK b3. Emmanuel LAGARDE aa, c, d4. L.-Rachid SALMIAFFILIATIONSa. Equipe Avenir « Prévention et Prise en Charge <strong>de</strong>s Traumatismes », Institut National <strong>de</strong> laSanté et <strong>de</strong> la Recherche Médicale Unité 897 (INSERM U897), Bor<strong>de</strong>aux, France.b. Department of Emergency Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.c. Institut <strong>de</strong> Santé Publique, d’Epidémiologie et <strong>de</strong> Développement (<strong>ISPED</strong>), UniversitéVictor Segalen Bor<strong>de</strong>aux 2, Bor<strong>de</strong>aux, France.d. Service d’information médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire <strong>de</strong> Bor<strong>de</strong>aux, Bor<strong>de</strong>aux,France.CORRESPONDING AUTHORJunaid A. BHATTIEquipe Avenir « Prévention et Prise en Charge <strong>de</strong>s Traumatismes »Institut National <strong>de</strong> la Santé et <strong>de</strong> la Recherche Médicale Unité 897 (INSERM U897)146 rue Léo Saignat33076 Bor<strong>de</strong>aux ce<strong>de</strong>xFranceTel: + 33 (5) 57 57 45 50Fax: + 33 (5) 57 57 45 28Email: junaid.bhatti@yahoo.comCOUNTSAbstract: 213 wordsManuscript: 2 782 wordsReferences: 36Tables: 3Figure: 188
ABSTRACTBackground: Previous research in <strong>de</strong>veloping countries assessed discrepancies in policeRoad Traffic Injury (RTI) reporting for urban settings only. The objective of this study was toassess differences in RTI reporting among police, ambulance, and Emergency Department(ED) datasets on an interurban road section in Pakistan.Methods: The study setting was 196-km long Karachi-Hala road section. RTIs reported to thepolice, Edhi Ambulance Service (EAS), and five EDs in Karachi during 2008 (Jan to Dec)were compared. Further, records from these data were matched to assess their ascertainment.Results: A total of 143 RTIs were reported to the police, 531 to EAS, and 661 to ED. Fatalityper hundred traffic injuries was twice as high in police records (N=27, 18.8%) than inambulance (N=55, 10.4%) and hospital records (N=60, 9.1%). On the contrary, pe<strong>de</strong>strian andmotorcyclist involvement per hundred traffic injuries was twice as low in police records(N=11, 7.7%) than in ambulance (N=89, 16.7%) and hospital records (N=286, 43.3%). Basedon matching, police recor<strong>de</strong>d 22.6%, EAS 46.2%, and ED 50.4% of the 119 reportedly diedpatients. Similarly, police data accounted for 10.6%, EAS 43.5%, and ED 54.9% of the 1 095reportedly injured patients.Conclusion: Police reporting, particularly of non-fatal RTIs and those involving vulnerableroad users, should be improved in Pakistan.KEYWORDS: Highway; injury severity; surveillance; traffic acci<strong>de</strong>nt.ABBREVIATIONS: EAS, Edhi Ambulance Service; ED, Emergency Department; HIC,High-Income Country; LMIC, Low- and Middle-Income Country; NHMP, National Highway& Motorway Police; NISS, New Injury Severity Scores; RTC, road traffic crash; RTI, roadtraffic injury; US, United States of America; WHO, World Health Organization; $, Dollar.89
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