Intentions and willingness to engage in risky driving behaviour among high school adolescents: evaluating the streetsmart road safety programme.

Objective: To investigate the impact of a road safety programme on adolescents' willingness to engage in risky behaviour as probationary drivers, adjusted for covariates of interest.

Method: The streetsmart is a road safety programme delivered to around 25 000 adolescent students annually in New South Wales. Using a smartphone-based app, student and teacher participation incentives, students were surveyed before and after programme attendance.

Identifying Predictors of Higher Acute Care Costs for Patients With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Modeling Acute Care Pathway Redesign: A Record Linkage Study.

Study Design: Record linkage study using healthcare utilization and costs data.

Objective: To identify predictors of higher acute-care treatment costs and length of stay for patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI).

Summary Of Background Data: There are few current or population-based estimates of acute hospitalization costs, length of stay, and other outcomes for people with TSCI, on which to base future planning for specialist SCI health care services.

Assessing the impact of care pathways on potentially preventable complications and costs for spinal trauma patients: protocol for a data linkage study using cohort study and administrative data.

Introduction: Traumatic spinal cord injuries have significant consequences both for the injured individual and the healthcare system, usually resulting in lifelong disability. Evidence has shown that timely medical and surgical interventions can lead to better patient outcomes with implicit cost savings. Potentially preventable secondary complications are therefore indicators of the effectiveness of acute care following traumatic injury.