Prognostic factors for medical and productivity costs, and return to work after trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to determine prognostic factors for medical and productivity costs, and return to work (RTW) during the first two years after trauma in a clinical trauma population.

Methods

This prospective multicentre observational study followed all adult trauma patients (≥18 years) admitted to a hospital in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands from August 2015 through November 2016. Health care consumption, productivity loss and return to work were measured in questionnaires at 1 week, 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after injury. Data was linked with hospital registries. Prognostic factors for medical costs and productivity costs were analysed with log-linked gamma generalized linear models. Prognostic factors for RTW were assessed with Cox proportional hazards model.

SUBMITTER: de Munter L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7094860 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature