QUESTIONS:
About CODES:
What
does CODES stand for?
What is the
CODES project about?
About Data
Requests:
What kind of data requests can be made to the CODES
Project?
Can I make a data
request?
How do I make a data request and how is it processed?
Why can data requests only be limited to summarized
data?
The Arizona
CODES Board of Directors:
What is the Arizona CODES Board of Directors?
How are the Directors selected and who is represented on
the current Arizona CODES Board of Directors?
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What does CODES stand
for?
Crash Outcome Data Evaluation
System
What is the CODES
project about?
The Arizona CODES project is part of a
national project funded by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA). A total number of 29 states
participate in the project. The Arizona CODES project
enables us to evaluate crash characteristics, medical and
also the financial outcome of crashes that occurred within
the State of Arizona. The Crash Outcome Data Evaluation
System Project (CODES) links the following data:
- Crash data as collected by the police
on the scene of the crash (i.e. the Arizona Department
of Transportation accident database)
- EMS data as collected by the emergency
personnel that provides treatment at the scene of the
crash
- Emergency department or hospital data
as collected by the medical personnel that provides
treatment at the emergency department, the hospital or
outpatient facility.
By linking this data
through probabilistic linkage methods, the individuals
involved and injured in a particular crash, can be tracked
from the crash scene and through the health care system,
giving us the ability to evaluate not only the crash
characteristics from the accident database but also the
medical and financial outcome for specific crash
characteristics such as vehicle, person or specific event
characteristics.
The Arizona CODES
project, i.e. the process of linking all the abovementioned
databases, is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA). The development and improvement of
the linkage software, CODES2000, is funded by NHTSA and the
Association of Governors' Offices of Highway Safety (AGOHS).
What
is the Arizona CODES Board of Directors?
Each member on the Board of
Directors represents the data owners of the CODES Project
and has veto power regarding data requests to the Arizona
CODES Project.
How are the Directors selected and who is represented on the
current Arizona CODES Board of Directors?
The Directors represents
stakeholders in the CODES Project and data owners making
databases available for the Arizona CODES Project. The
current list of the Board of Directors is shown
here.
What kind of data requests can be made to the CODES Project?
Data requests can only
include requests for summarized data. The databases utilized
and individual records within the linked record system can
and will not be provided under any circumstance because of
data sharing agreements and legal restraints . Although the
project would like to assist, the extent
to which data requests can be done within the Arizona CODES
Project budget is limited and will be assessed on a
case-by-case basis by the Project Manager: Prof. Simon
Washington.
Can I make a data
request?
Yes, any entity or
organization can submit a data request.
How do I make a data request and how is it processed?
Data requests should be
formally addressed to:
Prof. Simon Washington
Department of Civil and Engineering
Arizona State University
P O Box 875306
Tempe, AZ 85287-5306
Office: (480) 965-2220
Fax: (480) 965-0557
Email:
simon.washington@asu.edu
Data requests are reviewed
and the effort required is assessed. If the effort is
reasonable within the current budget, the Arizona CODES
Board of Directors reviews the request and the request is
processed. In the event that the effort required is beyond
the budget of the CODES Project, the requestor can ask for
an estimated cost for such a request.
The BOD votes on each request
and each Board Member has veto power to ensure that all the
data owners are comfortable with the use of the data. In the event that the
Board of Directors do not approve the data request, the
CODES project would
not be able to perform the data request.
Why can data requests only be limited to summarized data?
All the databases utilized for the CODES
Project, requires confidentiality agreements and the CODES
Project itself is restricted in terms of products that can
be provided from the project, i.e. it can only make
summarized data available. The CODES Project is not the
owner of the datasets used in the CODES project. Only the data
owners may grant permission to provide individual records or
personal identifiable data elements for their respective
datasets. The linked datasets are not public records and the
use thereof is limited by existing data sharing agreements,
security agreements, and legislation. |
