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Injuries in the Barren River District

Injuries in the Barren River District. Barren River District Health Department Safe Communities Project. Injuries in the Barren River District. During 2001, 21,438 Barren River District residents sought care for treatment of injuries from area hospital emergency departments.

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Injuries in the Barren River District

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  1. Injuries in the Barren River District Barren River District Health Department Safe Communities Project

  2. Injuries in the Barren River District • During 2001, 21,438 Barren River District residents sought care for treatment of injuries from area hospital emergency departments. • Counties in the Barren River District are Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Simpson and Warren. • Participating hospitals include: TJ Samson Community Hospital; The Medical Centers at Bowling Green, Franklin and Scottsville; Greenview Regional Hospital; and Logan Memorial Hospital.

  3. Patients by Gender Females 49% Males 51%

  4. Patients by Age Group

  5. Patients by Race Black 8% White 89% Hispanic 1% Other / Unknown 2%

  6. Payor Medicaid 11% Other / Unknown 29% Medicare 12% Self-Pay 11% Workers Comp 5% Private 32%

  7. Hospital Charges Note: Hospital Charges data was not available for 6,120 patients.

  8. Patients by County of Residence Edmonson 4% Butler 4% Hart 3% Logan 15% Barren 19% Metcalfe 4% Simpson 4% Warren 48% The first quarter of 2001 from The Medical Center at Franklin was not available and is not included in this database.

  9. Discharge Status • 93% of patients were discharged to home/self- care. • 311 (1.5%) were transferred to another hospital for inpatient care. • 499 (2.3%) were discharged to a skilled nursing home or an intermediate care facility. • 64 patients died from their injuries.

  10. Time of Admission Unknown 8% 11PM-5AM 11% 6AM-8AM 7% 7PM-10PM 23% 5PM-6PM 12% 9AM-4PM 39%

  11. Month of Admission

  12. Type of Injury

  13. Type of Injury

  14. Type of Injury

  15. Type of Injury

  16. Type of Injury

  17. Type of Injury

  18. Type of Injury

  19. Produced by Barren River Health DepartmentSafe Communities Project Christine Hanshaw, RN Project Director July 2, 2002

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