Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 418-426 , April 2007

Comparison of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model Systems National Dataset to a Population-Based Cohort of TBI Hospitalizations

  • John D. Corrigan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to John D. Corrigan, PhD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University, 480 W 9th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210
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  • Anbesaw W. Selassie, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Lee A. Lineberry, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Scott R. Millis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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  • Kenneth D. Wood, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ.
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  • E. Elisabeth Pickelsimer, DA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Mitchell Rosenthal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ.

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 Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to the Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center (grant no. H133A011403), the Ohio Regional TBI Model System (grant no. H133A020503), the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry (award no. U17/CCU421926), and, in part, by the Henry H. Kessler Foundation (Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.01.010

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 418-426 , April 2007

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