Development and validation of a case identification algorithm for hand trauma patients using health administrative data and the epidemiology of hand trauma in a universal healthcare system
Our algorithm enabled identification of hand trauma cases using health administrative data suitable for population-level surveillance and health services research, revealing a rising burden of hand trauma from 1993 to 2023. These findings can support improved surveillance, resource allocation and care delivery for this public health problem.
Authors
- Christopher D. Witiw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3999-7632)
- Karen Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-4934)
- Chloe R. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3595-5160)
- Bettina E. Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8307-3341)
- Heather L. Baltzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9185-206X)
- A. Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-4128)
- David R. Urbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-7337)
- Alice Ko
- Pascale Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-6331)
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- North York General Hospital (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105683
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00