Health care costs 1 year after pediatric traumatic brain injury

J.M. Graves, F.P. Rivara and M.S. Vavilala

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 10, e35-e41

Abstract: Objectives. This study sought to estimate total health care costs for mild,moderate, and severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to compare individual- and population-level costs across levels of TBI severity. Methods. Using 2007 to 2010 MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters data,we estimated total quarterly health care costs 1 year after TBI among enrollees (aged

Keywords: adolescent; Brain Injuries; child; economics; female; health care cost; human; infant; injury scale; male; preschool child; retrospective study; United States, Abbreviated Injury Scale; Adolescent; Brain Injuries; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Health Care Costs; Humans; Infant; Male; Retrospective Studies; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302744

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