Traumatic brain injury: Methodological approaches to estimate health and economic outcomes

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1925-1933

  Lu, Juan ^a   Roe, Cecilie ^b,c,d   Aas, Eline ^e   Lapane, Kate L ^f   Niemeier, Janet ^g   Arango Lasprilla, Juan Carlos ^h   Andelic, Nada ^b,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Research Centre for Habilitation and Rehabilitation Models and Services (CHARM)   (South Korea)

^d Institute of Health and Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^h BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

cost benefit; cost effective; cost utility; economic evaluation; healthcare costs; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888094436     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2891     Document Type: Review

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