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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedAlbrecht JS, Wickwire EM
Healthcare utilization following traumatic brain injury in a large national sample.
Investigators sought to evaluate the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on healthcare utilization (HCU) over a 1-year period in a large national sample of individuals diagnosed with TBI across multiple care settings. They found that, in this population of individuals who maintained insurance coverage following TBI, results suggested that TBI may have a limited impact on non-rehabilitation HCU at the population level.
AHRQ-funded; HS024560.
Citation: Albrecht JS, Wickwire EM .
Healthcare utilization following traumatic brain injury in a large national sample.
J Head Trauma Rehabil 2021 May-Jun;36(3):E147-e54. doi: 10.1097/htr.0000000000000625..
Keywords: Brain Injury, Healthcare Utilization
Sharp AL, Huang BZ, Tang T
Implementation of the Canadian CT Head Rule and Its association with use of computed tomography among patients with head injury.
The researchers evaluated the association of implementation of the Canadian CT Head Rule on head computed tomography (CT) imaging in community emergency departments (EDs). They found that a multicomponent implementation of the Canadian CT Head Rule was associated with a modest reduction in CT use and an increased diagnostic yield of head CTs for adult trauma encounters in community EDs.
AHRQ-funded; HS021271.
Citation: Sharp AL, Huang BZ, Tang T .
Implementation of the Canadian CT Head Rule and Its association with use of computed tomography among patients with head injury.
Ann Emerg Med 2018 Jan;71(1):54-63.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.06.022.
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Keywords: Brain Injury, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Shared Decision Making, Emergency Department, Guidelines, Healthcare Utilization, Imaging