National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Traumatic Brain Injury

Natl Health Stat Report. 2016 Jul:(97):1-16.

Abstract

Purpose-This report demonstrates the analytical potential of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) through a case study of inpatient discharges and ambulatory visits for traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on unweighted data from the 2013 NHCS of inpatient and emergency department (ED) encounters and the 2013 and 2014 NHCS for outpatient department (OPD) encounters.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / diagnosis
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / epidemiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emergency Service, Hospital*
  • Female
  • Health Care Surveys*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Inpatients
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Outpatients
  • United States
  • Young Adult