Costs of care after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1498-1505

  Ponsford, Jennie L ^a,b   Spitz, Gershon ^a,b   Cromarty, Fiona ^c   Gifford, David ^c   Attwood, David ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Transport Accident Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs; Hospital; Long term care; Medical; Paramedical; TBI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIMB INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882688885     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2843     Document Type: Article

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