Variations in Discharge Destination Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury across the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discharge destination after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be influenced by non-patient factors such as regional or institutional practice patterns. We hypothesized that non-patient factors would be associated with discharge destination in severe TBI patients.

Methods

All patients in the ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program 2016 data set with severe TBI, defined as head Abbreviated Injury Scale ≥3, were categorized by discharge destination. Logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with each destination; odds ratios and 95% confidence level are reported. Regressions were adjusted for age, gender, race, insurance, GCS, ISS, polytrauma, mechanism, neurosurgical procedure, geographic region, teaching status, trauma center level, hospital size, and

SUBMITTER: Stanley SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature