WISH Query: Injury-Related Hospitalizations

This module provides data on the injury-related hospitalizations of Wisconsin residents during 1995-2012.

The data count inpatient stays, not individual patients. This means that patients transferred between hospitals, readmitted to a hospital for further treatment, or otherwise treated in more than one inpatient stay have more than one record. This does not affect the accuracy of statistics on hospital charges or hospital days.

The data before 2000 include only records from Wisconsin hospitals. Records for Wisconsin residents treated in most Minnesota hospitals from 2000 forward were added in December 2012; all Minnesota hospitals' reports are included for 2006 forward. A number of Wisconsin counties have 5% or more of their residents' injury hospitalizations in Minnesota hospitals, so counts and rates for those counties substantially changed with that update. The October 2013 revision drops non-Wisconsin residents from the module; this also may affect previous counts and rates.

The October 2013 revision also modifies categories of expected payer by breaking out workers' compensation cases and adding 'other government' sources to the 'other or unknown' category.

Step 1.  Select a Measure of Injury-Related Hospitalizations

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* To use the Ranked Causes measures, you need to select the measure here AND choose "Causes of Injury" as a row variable in Step 7 below. Causes are sorted (ranked) in order of frequency.

 

Step 2. Select One or More Causes of Injury (Optional)

 

Cause of Injury Choose one or more of these standard groupings for the causes of injury (PDF, 66 KB). To see statistics for each of several groups, be sure to also choose "Causes of Injury" as a ROW or COLUMN variable in step 7 or 8 below.
 

 

Specify your own cause-of-injury groupings by entering a 3-digit E-code without the "E." You may enter single numbers (e.g., 885) or a range (e.g., 886-888). (See 3-digit codes)  To see statistics for each of several groups, be sure to also choose "User-Specified Causes of Injury: Groups" as a ROW or COLUMN variable in step 7 or 8 below.

Specify detailed causes of injury by entering a 4-digit E-code without the "E." You may enter single numbers (e.g., 8851) or a range (e.g., 8851-8859). (See 4-digit codes)  To see statistics for each of several groups, be sure to also choose "User-Specified Causes of Injury: Detailed" as a ROW or COLUMN variable in step 7 or 8 below.

 

Step 3.  Select One or More Manner or Intent of Injury (Optional)

 

Manner of Injury
(See codes framework)
(PDF, 66 KB)

Note: To see statistics for specific manners or intents of injury, choose "Manner or Intent of Injury" as a ROW or COLUMN variable in step 7 or 8 below.

 

Step 4. Choose One or More Geographic Areas


Select one or more areas of Wisconsin based on patient residence. Go to Step 5 if you want statistics for patients from all areas.

 

All Areas: Include patients from all areas. (This is the default option.)
Region: Click on the "Region" button. Then select the region name, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple regions.
County: Click on the "County" button. Then select the county name, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple counties.
Regional Trauma Advisory Council: Click on the "Regional Trauma Advisory Council" button. Then select the name, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple names.

Note: To see results for individual areas, be sure to also choose "Geographic Area" as a ROW variable or COLUMN variable in Step 7 or 8 below.

Geographic Area

Step 5.  Choose One or More Years


The data are organized by the year in which the patient was discharged. You can choose to see data for the latest available year (2012). Or you can choose to see one or more single years, or one or more groups of years.

 

Note: If you are requesting data for a small population, it is often useful to combine years of data. WISH suppresses small numbers (when cell size is less than 5) to comply with Wisconsin health care data privacy guidelines.

One or more year(s): Click on a year, or hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and select multiple years.
Specify your own years: Click on this button, then enter the years of interest.

Note: To see results for a series of years (or a series of year groups), be sure to also choose "Year(s)" as a ROW variable or COLUMN variable in step 7 or 8 below.

Years


Step 6.  Choose Patient Characteristics (Optional)

Select hospitalizations based on patient age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, discharge status, the expected primary payer, and/or the admission month. To select more than one group (but not all), hold down the Control key and click on each selection.
Specific Characteristics
Discharge Status  (PDF, 11 KB)

Step 7.CHOOSE A ROW VARIABLE

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Step 8.  CHOOSE A COLUMN VARIABLE (Optional)

Note: Cannot be used with a "Ranked Causes" query.
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To send your request for data now.

To clear all selections and start over.

Last Revised: January 30, 2015