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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82079, first published .
Laptop screen showing data from the Catalan Health Agency on injury surveillance, including hospitalization rates.

The Barcelona Injury Surveillance System (BISS) for Safer Cities: Observational, Descriptive Study Using Routine Health and Police Information Databases

The Barcelona Injury Surveillance System (BISS) for Safer Cities: Observational, Descriptive Study Using Routine Health and Police Information Databases

Katherine Pérez   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Elena Santamariña-Rubio   1 , PhD ;   Mònica Cortés-Albaladejo   1, 3 , MPH ;   Lucía Artazcoz   1, 2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Adnan A Hyder   5 , Prof Dr ;   Carme Borrell   1, 2, 3 , PhD

1 Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB), Barcelona, Spain

2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

3 Institut de Recerca de Sant Pau (IR SANT PAU), Barcelona, Spain

4 Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

5 School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Katherine Pérez, PhD
  • Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (ASPB)
  • Pl Lesseps, 1
  • Barcelona 08023
  • Spain
  • Phone: 34 932027788
  • Email: cperez@aspb.cat