Trend and geographic analysis for traumatic brain injury mortality and cost based on marketscan database

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1755-1761

  Hu, Jiahui ^a   Ugiliweneza, Beatrice ^b   Meyer, Kimberly ^c   Lad, Shivanand P ^d   Boakye, Maxwell ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital cost; length of stay; mortality rate; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885611382     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2857     Document Type: Article

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