Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 20-29 , January 2010

Mortality After Discharge From Acute Care Hospitalization With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based Study

  • Thomedi Ventura, MS

      Affiliations

    • MSPH/MPH Program, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Cynthia Harrison-Felix, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Cynthia Harrison-Felix, PhD, Craig Hospital, 3425 S Clarkson St, Englewood, CO 80113
    • ,
  • Nichole Carlson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Carolyn DiGuiseppi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
    • ,
  • Barbara Gabella, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO
    • ,
  • Allen Brown, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Michael DeVivo, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Gale Whiteneck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
    • School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
    • Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

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 Supported by the Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Research Program (Colorado Department of Human Services). DiGuiseppi was supported in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant no. R49/CCR811509). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.

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

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.151

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 20-29 , January 2010

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