Description of outpatient utilization and costs in group of veterans with traumatic brain injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1003-1010

  Homaifar, Beeta Y ^a,b   Harwood, Jeri E ^b,c   Wagner, Todd H ^d,e   Brenner, Lisa A ^a,b,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UCD   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Costs; Department of Veterans Affairs; Healthcare; Nonacute care; Outpatient services; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL DATABASE; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; FISCAL YEARS; FUNCTION OF TIME; HOME CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL CENTER; NURSING HOMES; PRIMARY CARE; SUBSTANCE USE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

COSTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VETERANS;

EID: 75749086430     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.12.0166     Document Type: Article

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