Return to work for patients with traumatic brain injury. Analysis of costs.
This brief report describes staff time commitment and program cost outcomes for a return to work program of supported employment for persons with brain injuries. The mean cost of providing services was $10,198 for the first year of service (median, $6,942). Clients achieved job stabilization after an average of 18 wk of time-limited job coaching services, during which they received mean intervention time of 245.7 h (median, 219) at a cost of $7,789. A mean of 2.24 h/wk of extended services intervention was required to maintain clients in employment for the remainder of the first year of service, at a mean weekly cost of $71.01. Results are compared with findings reported in a previous study using a smaller sample.
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2011.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000191:economics* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000191:economics*