Outcome and value following brain injury: A financial providerʼs perspective

Abstract

From a financial provider's perspective, the desired outcome is that a person with traumatic brain injury move through the continuum of care to independence in activities of daily living and reintegrate into society in as reasonable an amount of time as possible. The accountability of service providers to outcomes achieved according to established timetables and mutually agreed upon costs ensures the value desired by third party payers. Realistic projections by service providers of future treatment plans and resulting medical expenses allow the financial provider to reserve monies for the costs of care throughout the life of the survivor.