The cost of major trauma from road traffic injury and death has fallen in Victoria since the state introduced an integrated trauma system (the Victorian State Trauma Registry or VSTR) a decade ago.
Not only has the number of road traffic-related deaths declined but people injured in crashes are more likely to survive their injuries. This has led to a reduction in the overall economic cost of health loss due to transport-related major trauma in the state, from A$1.85 billion in 2001/02 to A$1.34 billion in 2010/11.
The VSTR is funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Transport Accident Commission, and monitors and evaluates the care of seriously injured patients in Victoria.
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