Costs of care following spinal cord injury

Michael J. DeVivo; Yuying Chen; Stephen T. Mennemeyer; Anne Deutsch

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Costs of care following spinal cord injury

Michael J. DeVivo, Yuying Chen, Stephen T. Mennemeyer, Anne Deutsch

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop new estimates of the costs of care following spinal cord injury in the United States. Information from the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center database was supplemented where necessary with estimates from a previous comprehensive study of lifetime costs updated for inflation to 2009 US dollars. Overall mean first-year charges were $523,089. Mean annual charges over the remainder of life were $79,759. Charges varied substantially by injury severity. These estimates are considerably higher than the inflation-adjusted estimates from our previous study.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1310/sci1604-1
State	Published - Mar 1 2011

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cost of care
epidemiology
spinal cord injury

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Clinical Neurology

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