The burden of acute traumatic spinal cord injury among adults in the United States: An update

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 228-238

  Selvarajah, Shalini ^a   Hammond, Edward R ^b,c   Haider, Adil H ^a,c   Abularrage, Christopher J ^a   Becker, Daniel ^a,b,d   Dhiman, Nitasha ^a   Hyder, Omar ^a   Gupta, Deepak ^e   Black, James H ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d International Neurorehabilitation Institute   (United States)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

epidemiology; traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893123077     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3098     Document Type: Article

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