Health costs following motor vehicle accidents: The role of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-561

  O'Donnell, Meaghan L ^a,b,d   Creamer, Mark ^a,b   Elliott, Peter ^a,b   Atkin, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; CAR DRIVING; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749171131     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20064     Document Type: Article

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