Burn Model Systems National Longitudinal Database (ICPSR 36588)

Principal Investigator(s):
National Data and Statistical Center For the Burn Model System

This is an external resource to which ICPSR links as a courtesy. These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via Burn Model Systems National Longitudinal Database) directly for details on obtaining these resources.

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Alternate Title

BMS National Database, Burn Model Systems National Database

Summary

The Burn Injury Model Systems National Longitudinal Database is a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter research study that examines functional and psychosocial outcomes following burns for over 3,000 adults and 2,000 children. The BMS National Database consists of data collected from individuals with moderate to severe burn injury; these data are collected by institutions across the country to learn more about long term outcomes after a burn injury.

The objective of the database is to provide a core set of variables which support rigorous research that:

  1. Contributes to improved care and outcomes of individuals (both adult and pediatric) with severe burns.
  2. Contributes to evidence-based rehabilitation interventions and clinical and practice guidelines that improve the lives of individuals with severe burns.
  3. Studies the longitudinal course of severe burn injuries and their secondary effects and factors that affect that course.
  4. Identifies and evaluates trends over time in etiology, demographics, injury severity characteristics, treatment of burns, health services delivery, and short-term and long-term outcomes of persons who incur a severe burn.
  5. Establishes expected rehabilitation outcomes for persons with severe burns.
  6. Facilitates other research such as the identification of potential persons for enrollment in appropriate burns clinical trials and research projects or as a springboard to population-based studies.

Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Community Living. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (90DP0053)

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Data Collection Notes

  1. The Burn Model Systems National Longitudinal Database allows the use of the data by external researchers who have the goal of improving lives of burn survivors. To learn more about the database, visit the database page. For details on how to access the data, please review this fact sheet.
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Universe

adults and children with moderate to severe burn injury in the United States

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