General - Hospital Violence Intervention Programs
- Long-term evaluation of a hospital-based violence intervention program using a regional health information exchange
- Bell TM, Gilyan D, Moore BA, Martin J, Ogbemudia B, McLaughlin BE, Moore R, Simons CJ, Zarzaur BL
- J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jan;84(1):175-182.
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Rationale for Inclusion: Evaluates long term rate of recurrent trauma for HVIP participants using a regional health information exchange, thus accounting for fragmentation in care. Long-term recurrence rate was low at 4.4% with very few admissions.
CAVEAT: No control group
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- Hospital-based violence intervention programs targeting adult populations: an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma evidence-based review.
- Affinati S, Patton D, Hansen L, Ranney M, Christmas AB, Violano P, Sodhi A, Robinson B, Crandall M
- Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2016 Sep 28;1(1):e000024.
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Rationale for Inclusion: EAST evidence-based review on HVIPs for adults; found insufficient evidence to recommend HVIP for adults based on 10 articles meeting inclusion criteria
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- Saving lives and saving money: Hospital-based violence intervention is cost-effective.
- Juillard C, Smith R, Anaya N, Garcia A, Kahn JG, Dicker RA.
- J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Feb;78(2):252-7; discussion 257-8.
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Rationale for Inclusion: Cost simulation analysis demonstrating cost savings and QALY savings associated with HVIP, depending on baseline rate of recurrent trauma.
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- Hospital-based violence intervention programs work.
- Cooper C, Eslinger DM, Stolley PD.
- J Trauma. 2006 Sep;61(3):534-7; discussion 537-40.
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Rationale for inclusion: This is the first paper with prospective randomized evaluation of hospital based violence intervention programs showing a significant reduction in violent crime as well as overall cost.
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