Open AccessTraumatic Brain Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons—National Patient Information Reporting System, 2005-2014
Author(s) -
Kelly Sarmiento,
Jordan L Kennedy,
Jill Daugherty,
Alexis B. Peterson,
Mary E. Evans,
Dana L. Haberling,
Holly Billie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of head trauma rehabilitation/journal of head trauma rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1550-509X
pISSN - 0885-9701
DOI - 10.1097/htr.0000000000000570
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , traumatic brain injury , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , occupational safety and health , psychological intervention , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , population , suicide prevention , environmental health , psychiatry , physics , pathology , optics
The American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) population has a disproportionately high rate of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). However, there is little known about incidence and common mechanisms of injury among AI/AN persons who seek care in an Indian Health Service (IHS) or tribally managed facility.