Table 1

Routinely collected data

Source	Population, data collected and design
TAC claims database	Population: all TAC clients. Approximately 16 000 new clients per annum
	Data collected: demographic, injury, accident details, health and disability service payments, claims management data
	Design: population-based registry
TAC client surveys	Population: stratified random sample of approximately 1500 TAC clients per annum
	Data collected: client self-rated mental and physical health, satisfaction, pain, return-to-work outcomes
	Design: telephone-administered semiannual cross-sectional survey
Victorian State Trauma Registry	Population: all cases of hospitalised major trauma (Injury Severity Score >12) in the State
	Data collected: prehospital (ambulance), clinical, surgical, demographic information at baseline, plus self-reported health-related quality of life, pain, return to work and functional status at 6, 12 and 24 months postinjury
	Design: population-based registry
Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Registry	Population: all cases of orthopaedic trauma admitted for >24 h to four hospitals in Victoria
	Data collected: clinical, surgical, demographic information at baseline plus self-reported health-related quality of life, pain, return to work and functional status at 6, 12 and 24 months postinjury
	Design: sentinel site registry

TAC, Transport Accident Commission.