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Review on in-hospital costs after severe traumatic brain injury
patients, while some studies focused on paediatric 34,36-38 and elderly patients. 35,39
Nineteen studies (76%) had cost research in TBI patients as a research objective. TBI
was often only defined by mentioning “TBI” or “head injury” (N=9). Six studies provided
only little additional information and nine studies used ICD (N=8) and/or AIS codes
(N=2). Severity was defined by GCS (68%), by AIS (28%) or both (4%). The used GCS
was obtained at admission (n=7), the emergency department (n=3) and the time 3 remained unknown in 5 studies. A retrospective study design was used in 60% 35-37,39-50,
followed by a prospective design (16%) 34,51-53 or a combination of both (12%). 54-56 Three studies used a statistical model. 38,57,58
Fig 1. Flow chart of the article selection process.
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