Journal article
Direct health care costs following traumatic spinal cord injury
Abstract
PurposeThe study objectives were (i) to quantify direct health care costs following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and (ii) to estimate attributable costs per person for the first 6 years post injury.MethodsThis was a population-based cohort study that followed individuals with SCI and their matched controls for 6 years. 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
Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 611–612
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.07.055
ISSN
1047-2797