Direct Cost of Illness for Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Systematic review.

Objective

Providing a comprehensive review of spinal cord injury cost of illness studies to assist health-service planning.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of the literature published from Jan. 1990 to Nov. 2020 via Pubmed, EMBASE, and NHS Economic Evaluation Database. Our primary outcomes were overall direct health care costs of SCI during acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, within the first year post-injury, and in the ensuing years.

Results

Through a 2-phase screening process by independent reviewers, 30 articles out of 6177 identified citations were included. Cost of care varied widely with the mean cost of acute care ranging from $290 to $612,590; inpatient rehabilitation from $19,360 to $443,040; the first year a

SUBMITTER: Malekzadeh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210246 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature