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| Ed F van BeeckSummaryAffiliation: Erasmus MC Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Determinants of within-country variation in traffic accident mortality in Italy: a geographical analysisGiuseppe La Torre
Institute of Hygiene, Catholic University Rome, Italy
Int J Health Geogr 6:49. 2007..To identify determinants of regional differences in traffic accident mortality in Italy...- 'BeSAFE', effect-evaluation of internet-based, tailored safety information combined with personal counselling on parents' child safety behaviours: study design of a randomized controlled trialMirjam E J van Beelen
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:466. 2010..The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of this safety information combined with personal counselling on parents' child safety behaviours... 
Guidelines for the conduction of follow-up studies measuring injury-related disabilityEd F van Beeck
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Trauma 62:534-50. 2007..During the past decade, a variety of measures have been used at various moments in different study populations. Guidelines are needed to increase comparability between studies...- A new definition of drowning: towards documentation and prevention of a global public health problemE F Van Beeck
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bull World Health Organ 83:853-6. 2005..Its use should support future activities in drowning surveillance worldwide, and lead to more reliable and comprehensive epidemiological information on this global, and frequently preventable, public health problem... 
Societal consequences of falls in the older population: injuries, healthcare costs, and long-term reduced quality of lifeKlaas A Hartholt
Department of Surgery Traumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Trauma 71:748-53. 2011..The aim of this cohort study was to determine the incidence, costs, and quality of life for fall-related injuries in the older Dutch population presenting at the emergency department...- End of the spectacular decrease in fall-related mortality rate: men are catching upKlaas A Hartholt
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Public Health 102:S207-11. 2012..We determined time trends in numbers and rates of fall-related mortality in an aging population, for men and women... - Functional outcome at 2.5, 5, 9, and 24 months after injury in the NetherlandsSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Trauma 62:133-41. 2007..The collection of empirical data on the frequency, severity, and duration of functioning is a prerequisite to identify patient groups with long term or permanent disability... - Measuring the population burden of fatal and nonfatal injurySuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, P O Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Epidemiol Rev 34:17-31. 2012..Recommendations are given for methodological refinements to improve the validity and comparability of future burden of injury studies... - International variation in clinical injury incidence: exploring the performance of indicators based on health care, anatomical and outcome criteriaSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Ae 128, P B 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Accid Anal Prev 40:182-91. 2008..To analyse international variation in clinical injury incidence, and explore the performance of different injury indicators in cross-country comparisons... - Burden of injury in childhood and adolescence in 8 European countriesSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:45. 2010..We have assessed variation in the burden of injuries in childhood and adolescence in eight European countries... - Prevalence and prognostic factors of disability after major traumaAkkie N Ringburg
Department of Surgery Traumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Trauma 70:916-22. 2011.... - Prevalence and prognostic factors of disability after childhood injurySuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pediatrics 116:e810-7. 2005..To assess the prevalence and the prognostic factors of disabilities after minor and major childhood injuries and to analyze which sociodemographic and injury-related factors are predictive for suboptimal functioning in the long term... - How adequate are emergency department home and leisure injury surveillance systems for cross-country comparisons in Europe?Willem Jan Meerding
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 17:13-22. 2010..Nevertheless, the observed variation in the healthcare utilisation and injury incidence, particularly among children and older people, indicates the potential to reduce the burden of HLI in Europe... - Costs of falls in an ageing population: a nationwide study from the Netherlands (2007-2009)Klaas A Hartholt
Department of Surgery Traumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Injury 43:1199-203. 2012..Falls are a common mechanism of injury in the older population, putting an increasing demand on scarce healthcare resources. The objective of this study was to determine healthcare costs due to falls in the older population... - Posttraumatic stress symptoms and health-related quality of life: a two year follow up study of injury treated at the emergency departmentJuanita A Haagsma
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Psychiatry 12:1. 2012..This study examined the association between PTSD symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a comprehensive population of injury patients of all severity levels and external causes... - The measurement of long-term health-related quality of life after injury: comparison of EQ-5D and the health utilities indexSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, ErasmusMC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Inj Prev 16:147-53. 2010.... - Adverse drug reactions related hospital admissions in persons aged 60 years and over, The Netherlands, 1981-2007: less rapid increase, different drugsKlaas A Hartholt
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 5:e13977. 2010..Because of raised awareness of ADR, a decrease in ADR might be expected. The aim of this study was to determine trends in ADR-related hospitalizations in the older Dutch population... - The epidemic of hip fractures: are we on the right track?Klaas A Hartholt
Department of Internal Medicine Section of Geriatric Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 6:e22227. 2011..The aim of this study was to determine time trends in numbers and incidence rates of hip fracture-related hospitalizations and admission duration in the older Dutch population... - [Prognostic factors of disability after major trauma]Akkie N Ringburg
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 155:A3245. 2011..To assess the health-related quality of life and prognostic factors of disability in survivors of severe trauma one year after injury... - A systematic review of studies measuring health-related quality of life of general injury populationsSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:783. 2010..We performed a systematic review of studies measuring HRQL in general injury populations with a generic health state measure to summarize existing knowledge... - Beyond the neglect of psychological consequences: post-traumatic stress disorder increases the non-fatal burden of injury by more than 50%Juanita A Haagsma
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Inj Prev 17:21-6. 2011..Psychological consequences such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently neglected in burden-of-injury calculations... - Incidence and costs of injuries in The NetherlandsWillem Jan Meerding
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Public Health 16:272-8. 2006..We therefore estimated the number of emergency department (ED) attendances and health care costs as a result of injury... - Distribution and determinants of health and work status in a comprehensive population of injury patientsWillem Jan Meerding
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Trauma 56:150-61. 2004..We report on a large follow-up study in a comprehensive population of injury patients... - Why older people refuse to participate in falls prevention trials: a qualitative studyAnnemijn B M Elskamp
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Exp Gerontol 47:342-5. 2012..The aim of this study was to explore reasons why older people refuse to participate in falls prevention trials... - Systematic review and quality assessment of economic evaluation studies of injury preventionSuzanne Polinder
Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Accid Anal Prev 45:211-21. 2012..To review and assess the quality of economic evaluation studies on injury prevention measures... - [Cost] effectiveness of withdrawal of fall-risk increasing drugs versus conservative treatment in older fallers: design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial (IMPROveFALL-study)Klaas A Hartholt
Department of Internal Medicine Section Geriatric Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Rotterdam, P, O, Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Geriatr 11:48. 2011.... - The effect of comorbidity on health-related quality of life for injury patients in the first year following injury: comparison of three comorbidity adjustment approachesJuanita A Haagsma
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P, O, Box 1738, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Popul Health Metr 9:10. 2011..abstract:.. - Reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the American Burn Association/Shriners Hospital for Children Burn Outcomes Questionnaire (5-18 years of age)Margriet E van Baar
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Burn Care Res 27:790-802. 2006..The Dutch BOQ can be used to evaluate functional outcome after burns in children aged 5 years and older. Our study showed that the Dutch BOQ is a feasible instrument with good reliability and validity... - Cost estimation of injury-related hospital admissions in 10 European countriesSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Trauma 59:1283-90; discussion 1290-1. 2005..Injuries are a major cause of total health care costs. Cost estimations may help identify injuries and high risk-groups to be considered for potential intervention... - The ACCOMPLISH study. A cluster randomised trial on the cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance and reduce healthcare associated infectionsVicki Erasmus
Erasmus Medical Centre, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:721. 2011..This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent implementation strategy aimed at the reduction of healthcare associated infections in Dutch hospital care, by promotion of hand hygiene... - Primary hemiarthroplasty versus conservative treatment for comminuted fractures of the proximal humerus in the elderly (ProCon): a multicenter randomized controlled trialDennis den Hartog
Department of Surgery Traumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P, O, Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:97. 2010..Secondary aims include effects on functional outcome, pain, complications, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness... - Assessing the burden of injury in six European countriesSuzanne Polinder
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bull World Health Organ 85:27-34. 2007..To assess injury-related mortality, disability and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in six European countries... - Willingness to pay for lives saved by Helicopter Emergency Medical ServicesAkkie N Ringburg
Department of Surgery Traumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Prehosp Emerg Care 13:37-43. 2009..For this, the preferences of the general public towards both the positive effects and negative consequences of HEMS should be taken into account. Therefore, the willingness to pay (WTP) for lives saved by HEMS was calculated... - Education was associated with injuries requiring hospital admissionFrank J van Lenthe
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, P O Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 57:945-53. 2004..We describe educational inequalities in the incidence of injuries resulting in hospital admission and explore the contribution of exposure variables and chronic diseases, alcohol consumption, and sedative use to the observed inequalities... - Addressing the growing burden of trauma and injury in low- and middle-income countriesLois A Fingerhut
Am J Public Health 95:1089-90. 2005 - The epidemiology of hand injuries in The Netherlands and DenmarkClaus Falck Larsen
University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Epidemiol 19:323-7. 2004..Data recording on the backgrounds of accidents and their long term consequences should be improved... - Injuries associated with inline skating in the European regionSaakje Mulder
Consumer Safety Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Accid Anal Prev 34:65-70. 2002..To gain greater awareness and understanding of the circumstances leading to injuries associated with inline skating and to provide indices for determining preventive measures...