Priebe MM, Chiodo AE, Scelza WM, Kirshblum SC, Wuermser LA, Ho CH. Spinal cord injury
medicine. 6. Economic and societal issues in spinal cord injury. This self-directed learning …

" Spinal cord injury has devastating consequences for the person involved. An initial period
of hospitalization is followed by a period of readjustment and rehabilitation in which the …

Objective: To determine and describe trends in economic variables related to the care of
individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and significant changes in these trends coincident …

New estimates of the direct costs of traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) are obtained from a
comprehensive survey of the US SCI population. These direct costs, defined as the value (in …

Strauss D, DeVivo M, Shavelle R, Brooks J, Paculdo D. Economic factors and longevity in
spinal cord injury: a reappraisal. OBJECTIVE: To review and reassess the findings of Krause …

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 …

A cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted to estimate the direct costs for each
cause of spinal cord injury in the United States. Random samples of 227 new injuries and …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic, life-disrupting event with an annual incidence of
17,000 cases in the US. SCI is characterized by progressive physical deconditioning due to …

Assessment of improved treatment of neurotrauma presents two basic challenges: 1)
measurement of the medical effects of treatment, and 2) evaluation of these effects in …

Spinal cord injury is a high‐cost, low‐incidence neurological disability. This condition has a
significant impact on the individual, the family, health care service delivery systems, and …