Costs of non-fatal traumatic brain injury in the United States, 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Med Care
• Personal Author:
  Miller, Gabrielle F. ; DePadilla, Lara ; Xu, Likang
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: ; Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States (U.S.). Each year, TBIs substantially contribute to healthcare 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 healthcare costs of non-fatal TBI in 2016 for the U.S. 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 (AIS-HN). Non-fatal healthcare costs were compared by severity. ; RESULTS: ; The estimated 2016 overall healthcare cost attributable to non-fatal TBI among MarketScan enrollees was $40.6 billion. Total estimated annual healthcare cost attributable to TBI for low severity TBIs during the first year post-injury 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 healthcare costs attributable to TBI.
• Keywords:
  • TBI
  • Economic Burden
  • Cost
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  More +
• Source:
  Med Care. 59(5):451-455
• Pubmed ID:
  33528230
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8026675
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105004/cdc_105004_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 71.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:95299e8148261385f61aa6c06dd9e0c672554c58f161f98ca55a1746e787e115