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Maine CODES Publications, Reports, and Fact Sheets

From the Maine CODES project linked data, reports, PowerPoint presentation, and fact sheets have been generated.
New Reports

  • The Impact of Air Transport on Time to Trauma Center Treatment
    Using linked data, the Maine CODES project has completed a study of response time involving air transport for motor vehicle crash trauma patients. The results indicate that air transport reduced the total time between first EMS call received and arrival at final destination trauma center. Air transport responded to patients with higher Injury Severity Scores (ISS) and crashes in lower population density areas.
  • Young Children in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes in Maine
    In 2006 the Maine CODES project completed its first detailed study of children in motor vehicle crashes. This study evaluated the seating position of 43,581 children under age 12 involved in Maine motor vehicle crashes. The study determined that restraint use had a significant impact on reducing serious injuries during a crash.
  • Maine CODES Claims Data Bank Project - Powerpoint
    Maine CODES Claims Data Bank Project - Final Report
    During 2006, the Maine CODES project completed its first work linking medical insurance claims data to CODES. Maine is the first CODES state with access to a statewide public medical insurance claims data base. For 2003 crashes, 2,463 crash injured occupants with commercial medical insurance were linked. The pre and post crash medical services and expenses are reported. This is the first CODES look at the long-term cost of care and to evaluate care beyond the hospital inpatient and emergency department setting.
  • The Impact of Speeding and Other Unsafe Driving Behavior on Injury and Cost Outcomes
    Using 2003 linked CODES data, the unsafe driving behavior of Maine drivers contributed to a significant injury and cost burden.  Illegal, unsafe speed was the leading contributor.  Maine’s youngest drivers had high rates of injury from all types of unsafe driving behavior.  Older drivers had high rates of injury from unsafe driving behaviors suggesting problems with impaired driving abilities.  Even a modest 10 percent reduction of unsafe driving behavior among Maine drivers would result in a significant reduction in the injury and cost burden.  
  • Motorcycle Crash Study
    Using linked data, the Maine CODES project completed a study of motorcycle crashes that took place in Maine during 2003-2006. Single-vehicle crashes (did not involve another vehicle) were distinguished from motorcycles in collision with another vehicle. Time of crash, operator age, pre-accident actions, and other contributing factors were evaluated. For collisions with another vehicle, the driver of the other vehicle’s age, pre-accident actions, and other contributing factors were also evaluated. Injury outcomes were evaluated based on the clinical information in the linked hospital data and indicated that motorcyclists frequently sustain serious and multiple injuries in these crashes.

 

Fact Sheets

Through the Maine Health Information Center and the Maine Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics, one-page CODES Fact Sheets were generated and are available at the Maine Bureau of Health Web site.

  • 27. BICYCLE-MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES..........SERIES 10, NUMBER 2
  • 28. MOTORCYCLE CRASHES: 1995-1996........SERIES 9, NUMBER 4
  • 29. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INJURIES: 2000........SERIES 11, NUMBER 3
  • 30. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING DRIVERS AGE 16-24 YEARS OLD..........SERIES 10, NUMBER 9
  • 31. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING OLDER DRIVERS: 1996........SERIES 9, NUMBER 16
  • 32. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING 16 AND 17 YEAR OLD DRIVERS:........SERIES 11, NUMBER 7
  • 33. SEAT BELT USE AND INJURY OUTCOMES: 1995-2001........SERIES 12, NUMBER 6

Standard Surveillance Reports

Working with the Maine CODES Advisory Committee, the Maine CODES project developed a set of standard surveillance reports. These reports were designed to tabulate the linked CODES data by using police reported crash variables as report rows and outcome measures from the medical files as columns. NHTSA published the Maine CODES monograph on surveillance reports.

"Standardized Reporting Using CODES (Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System)." National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Report No. DOT 809 048. April, 2000.

Standardized Reporting Using CODES

Maine CODES Standard Surveillance Reports - under development

Other Reports and Publications from the Maine CODES Project

  • Finison, K., DuBrow, R. Analysis of 1996 Maine Crashes Involving Young Adults. DOT HS 808 887. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 1999.

  • Finison, K., DuBrow, R. Analysis of Seat Belt Use and Outcomes in 1996 Maine Crashes. DOT HS 808 888. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 1999.

  • Finison, K., DuBrow, R. Analysis of 1996 Maine Crashes Involving Vehicles that Ran Off the Road. DOT HS 808 889. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 1999.

  • Farrell T, Sutton J, Clark D, Horner W, Morris K, Finison K, Menchen G, and Cohn K. Moose-Motor Vehicle Collisions, An Increasing Hazard in Northern New England. Archives of Surgery, 1996, 131:377-381.

  • Finison K, Menchen G, Cook C, and Thompson, D. Maine CODES Project. Automated Linkage with Diversified Potential to Evaluate Injury Outcomes. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1994.
Powerpoint Presentations from the Maine CODES Project Presentations of the Maine CODES data have been made at a variety of national and local meetings.