Journal article
Direct Health Care Costs After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The objective was to quantify direct health care costs attributable to traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).
METHODS: This population-based cohort study followed individuals with SCI from date of injury to 6 years postinjury. SCI cases were matched to a comparison group randomly selected from the general population. Administrative data from a Canadian province with a universal publicly funded health care system and centralized health …
Authors
Dryden DM; Saunders LD; Jacobs P; Schopflocher DP; Rowe BH; May LA; Yiannakoulias N; Svenson LW; Voaklander DC
Journal
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 441–447
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
August 2005
DOI
10.1097/01.ta.0000174732.90517.df
ISSN
2163-0755