The cost of head trauma in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1970-74.
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 74 (7), 710-712
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.74.7.710
Abstract
A study of the total cost of head injury in Olmsted County, Minnesota, with the costs projected to the United States population, revealed that the annual cost for head trauma in the US can be estimated at approximately +12.5 billion using a 6 per cent discount rate. The nonmedical costs accounted for more than 92 per cent (+11.5 billion) of the total cost, while direct medical costs amounted to +1.0 billion.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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