Longitudinal healthcare use after pediatric brain injury: A population-based birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic brain injury is a chronic disease with lifelong consequences. In children, it can affect developmental milestones. Longitudinal data on brain injury and long-term healthcare use is limited, with lack of clarity on social determinants of health and its effects on healthcare use. This study explores rates of healthcare use, from birth, and up to 10 years after a childhood traumatic brain injury-related healthcare visit.

Methods and findings

This study uses a population-based birth cohort of individuals born between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2020 from Ontario, Canada. A case cohort (TBI cohort) was created using a sample of individuals who had at least one traumatic brain injury-related healthcare visit between the ages of 0 and 4 years, inclusive (n = 26

SUBMITTER: Chan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849829 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature