Mortality After Discharge From Acute Care Hospitalization With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-29

  Ventura, Thomedi ^b   Harrison Felix, Cynthia ^a,c   Carlson, Nichole ^b   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^b,d,e   Gabella, Barbara ^f   Brown, Allen ^h   DeVivo, Michael ^g   Whiteneck, Gale ^a,d,e  

^a CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f University of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Comorbidity; Mortality; Population surveillance; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TIME OF DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73049100661     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.151     Document Type: Article

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