Estimating the cost of care
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Hendricks, Ann
Krengel, Maxine
Iverson, Katherine M.
Kimerling, Rachel
Tun, Carlos
Amara, Jomana
Lew, Henry L.
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2012
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health concern in the United States, particularly as service members return home from the combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other locations in service of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) and Operation New Dawn (OND). According to the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, more than 2 million service members have served at least one tour of duty (U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 18, 2010). Longer deployments and more redeployments place considerable strain on health care systems in terms of care for military personnel with mild TBI (mTBI), as well as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Chapter 13, Part 4. "Estimating the Costs of Care" from PTSD and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Edited by Jennifer J. Vasterling, Richard A. Bryant, Terence M. Keane (2012)
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Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.