PubMed · 2016 · 21 citations · 0 references
MedicineEmergency MedicineTrauma CareTraumatic Brain InjuryTraumatic Brain Injury SurveillanceTraumatic Brain Injury Data SourcesTraumatic Brain Injury EpidemiologyTraumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization SurveillanceTraumatic Brain Injury Population-based Surveillance
Purpose-This report demonstrates the analytical potential of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) through a case study of inpatient discharges and ambulatory visits for traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on unweighted data from the 2013 NHCS of inpatient and emergency department (ED) encounters and the 2013 and 2014 NHCS for outpatient department (OPD) encounters.