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Table 3 Methodological quality of included studies

From: Complication rates as a trauma care performance indicator: a systematic review

Study

Definitions of complications

Justification for choice of complications

Duration of follow-up

Number and percentage of specific complications

Complication severity considered

Risk adjustment

Data quality assurance efforts

Adequate treatment missing data

Estimates of variation

Adequate sample size

Ang and colleagues [27]a

X

  

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

Calderale and colleagues [28]

X

X

       

X

Chang and colleagues [29]

X

X

   

X

 

X

X

X

Claridge and colleagues [30]

X

        

X

Cohen and colleagues [31]

         

X

Curtis and colleagues [32]

         

X

Davis and colleagues [33]

X

       

X

X

DiRusso and colleagues [34]

    

X

    

X

Glance and colleagues [35]a

X

 

X

 

X

X

 

X

X

X

Haas and colleagues [36]a

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

Haut and colleagues [37]

 

X

 

X

      

Highstead and colleagues [38]

   

X

     

X

Hinsdale and colleagues [39]

X

X

      

X

X

Hoyt and colleagues [26]

X

X

X

       

Huseynova and colleagues [40]a

X

X

X

X

 

X

  

X

X

Jacobs and colleagues [41]

   

X

    

X

X

Pierce and colleagues [42]a

X

X

X

X

 

X

  

X

X

Piontek and colleagues [43]

X

X

   

X

  

X

X

Podnos and colleagues [44]

  

X

X

    

X

X

Roettger and colleagues [45]

X

X

 

X

     

X

Rotondo and colleagues [46]

   

X

    

X

X

Schuerer and colleagues [47]

X

  

X

      
  1. aStudy considered to be of high methodological quality with at least seven out of 10 criteria respected
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