A comparison of costs and health care utilization for veterans with traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury

Justin R. St. Andre; Bridget M. Smith; Kevin T. Stroupe; Stephen P. Burns; Charlesnika T. Evans; Diane Cowper Ripley; Keran Li; Zhiping Huo; Timothy P. Hogan; Frances M. Weaver

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A comparison of costs and health care utilization for veterans with traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury

Justin R. St. Andre, Bridget M. Smith, Kevin T. Stroupe, Stephen P. Burns, Charlesnika T. Evans, Diane Cowper Ripley, Keran Li, Zhiping Huo, Timothy P. Hogan, Frances M. Weaver

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The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest system of care for individuals with spinal cord injury/disorder (SCI/D) in the world. This article compares demographics, utilization, diagnoses, and associated costs between veterans with traumatic and nontraumatic SCI/D. Regression analyses were used to predict the effect of injury etiology on patient utilization and cost after controlling for covariates. Veterans with a nontraumatic SCI/D were significantly older with a greater number of comorbidities and outpatient utilization; however, there was no difference in health care costs between groups, and injury etiology was not a significant predictor of cost. Recommendations for future research based on these findings are offered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-42
Number of pages	16
Journal	Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1310/sci1604-27
State	Published - Mar 1 2011

Keywords

health care costs
spinal cord injury
veterans

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Clinical Neurology

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