Distal and Proximal Predictors of Rehospitalization Over 10 Years Among Survivors of TBI: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the rates and causes of rehospitalization over a 10-year period following a moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) utilizing the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) diagnostic coding scheme.

Setting

TBI Model Systems centers.

Participants

Individuals 16 years and older with a primary diagnosis of TBI.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Main measures

Rehospitalization (and reason for rehospitalization) as reported by participants or their proxies during follow-up telephone interviews at 1, 2, 5, and 10 years postinjury.

Results

The greatest number of rehospitalizations occurred in the first year postinjury (23.4% of the sample), and the rates of rehospitalization remained stable (21.1%-20.9%) at 2 and 5 years po

SUBMITTER: Lercher K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature