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The cost of head trauma in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1970-74.

Author(s) -

Jack D. Grabow,

K. P. Offord,

M. Rieder

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.7.710

Subject(s) - medicine , medical costs , total cost , population , demography , head trauma , environmental health , medical emergency , gerontology , surgery , business , economics , health care , economic growth , accounting , sociology

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.

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