Patient Presentations in Outpatient Settings: Epidemiology of Adult Head Trauma Treated Outside of Hospital Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits for head trauma are well understood, little is known about presentations in outpatient settings. Our objective was to examine the epidemiology and extent of healthcare-seeking adult (18-64 years) head trauma patients presenting in outpatient settings compared with patients receiving nonhospitalized emergency department care.

Methods

We used 2004-2013 MarketScan Medicaid/commercial claims to identify head trauma patients managed in outpatient settings (primary care provider, urgent care) and the emergency department. We examined differences in demographic and injury-specific factors, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-defined head trauma diagnoses, and extent of and reasons for postindex visit

SUBMITTER: Zogg CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167152 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature