Costs of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States, 2016

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ID9104294
AutoresGabrielle F Miller (0000-0002-8031-8558, Injury Prevention, autor de correspondencia), Lara DePadilla (0000-0002-5068-9315, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control), Likang Xu (0000-0001-8054-9439, Injury Prevention, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen59
Número5
Páginas451-455
Fecha de publicación2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditorialOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/mlr.0000000000001511
PMID33528230
OpenAlexW3126326218
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas11

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year, TBIs substantially contribute to health care costs, which vary by severity. This is important to consider given the variability in recovery time by severity. RESEARCH DESIGN: This study quantifies the annual incremental health care costs of nonfatal TBI in 2016 for the US population covered by a private health insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare health plan. This study uses MarketScan and defines severity with the abbreviated injury scale for the head and neck region. Nonfatal health care costs were compared by severity. RESULTS: The estimated 2016 overall health care cost attributable to nonfatal TBI among MarketScan enrollees was $40.6 billion. Total estimated annual health care cost attributable to TBI for low severity TBIs during the first year postinjury were substantially higher than costs for middle and high severity TBIs among those with private health insurance and Medicaid. CONCLUSIONS: This study presents economic burden estimates for TBI that underscore the importance of developing strategies to prevent TBIs, regardless of severity. Although middle and high severity TBIs were more costly at the individual level, low severity TBIs, and head injuries diagnosed as "head injury unspecified" resulted in higher total estimated annual health care costs attributable to TBI

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