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Table 9 An identical change to the second most severe injury ceteris paribus leads to different outcomes

From: The injury severity score: an operations perspective

Patient

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Patient 4

Initial ISS Profile

(3,2,0)

(4,0,0)

(4,2,0)

(5,0,0)

Initial ISS

13

16

20

25

Change

[0,+1,0]

[0,+1,0]

[0,+1,0]

[0,+1,0]

Resulting ISS Profile

(3,3,0)

(4,1,0)

(4,3,0)

(5,1,0)

Resulting ISS

18

17

25

26