ArticleThe Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
Health and Health Care Utilization Outcomes for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study.
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- Economic burden of adult mild traumatic brain injury in the United States: a scoping review of healthcare-related charges and costs.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- Targeted complement inhibition ameliorates the pathological and cognitive outcomes in repetitive mild closed head injury.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTraumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in new onset of comorbidities and limited studies suggest health care utilization following TBI may be high. Setting, Participants, Mean Measures, and Design: This study used 2018 and 2019 MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters data to examine differences in longitudinal health outcomes (health care utilization and new diagnoses) by various demographic factors (age, sex, U.S. region, intent/mechanism of injury, urbanicity, and insurance status) among individuals with and without a TBI in the year following an index health care encounter.
resultsResults show that within 1 year of the initial encounter, a higher percentage of patients with TBI versus without TBI had at least one outpatient visit (96.7% vs 86.1%), emergency department (ED) visit (28.5% vs 13.1%), or hospital admission (6.4% vs 2.6%). Both children (33.8% vs 23.4%) and adults (43.8% vs 31.4%) who sustained a TBI had a higher percentage of new diagnoses within 1 year compared to the non-TBI group. Additionally, individuals with a TBI had greater health care utilization across all types of health care settings (outpatient and inpatient), visits (ED visits and hospital admissions), and across all demographic factors ( P < .001).
conclusionThese results may inform future research around the development of systems of care to improve longer-term outcomes in individuals with TBI.
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