Variation in global trauma care: a survey of 187 hospitals across 51 countries
A wide range of resources and processes exist globally in trauma care. Our findings suggest that with increasing resource availability, in-hospital care of trauma patients develops preferentially over prehospital or rehabilitation services. There is a clear need to coordinate available resources across all phases of care in order to improve outcomes among trauma patients.
Authors
- Eder Cáceres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1286-4423)
- Max Marsden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7147-6861)
- Monty Uttam Khajanchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-6391)
- Katharina Köhler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1919-0193)
- Joachim K. A. Amoako (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5734-3926)
- Zane Perkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-8803)
- Michael Bath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1879-1093)
- Carlos M. Nuño‐Guzmán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1179-745X)
- Peter J. Hutchinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-1835)
- Timothy Craig Hardcastle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3967-0234)
- Brandon Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-1368)
- Abdullahi Said Hashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-2098)
- Luca Carenzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-2660)
- C Hammer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8288-0288)
- Raoof Saleh
- Laura Hobbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-653X)
- Tom Bashford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0228-9779)
- Thomas G. Weiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-3888)
- Zhongheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-5323)
- Thomas Edmiston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9071-0568)
- Daniel Umugisha Baderhabusha
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Universidad de La Sabana (CO)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (TR)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Shaoxing University (CN)
- Universidad de Guadalajara (MX)
- King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College (IN)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Royal London Hospital (GB)
- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (CN)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Hospital Civil de Guadalajara (MX)
- Community Health Systems - Lutheran Hospital (US)
- University of Goma (CD)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
- Médecins Sans Frontières (FR)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021784
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25
Funders
- Government of the United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Zhejiang University
- Wu Jieping Medical Foundation
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province
- Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province