Joint Action on Monitoring Injuries in Europe (JAMIE): development of a new Minimum Data Set (MDS)

Background Transnational injury surveillance requires the adoption of standardised systems providing nationally representative samples of cases. The EU Injury Data Base (IDB) operates in 13 EU countries but at varying level. Hence, there is no comprehensive system across Europe to provide a basis for benchmarking or designing and evaluating prevention policies at EU level. Aims/Objectives/Purpose To develop a common hospital-based emergency...