title: Medical costs of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate healthcare expenditures of children with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) outside of acute care settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the 1997-2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were used to produce estimates of expenditures for a natural sample of 196 children with TBI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Expenditures for TBI-related services in children averaged $77.9 million per year. Average per capita expenditure was $1044, of which $166 was for TBI-related services and $878 was for all other health services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although total costs of TBI in children are high, the average costs are much lower than those previous reports because youth with minor trauma were not included in prior samples.
authors.affiliation: Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brener
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Harman
authors.forename: Kelly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.forename: Keith O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Yeates
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D009820:Ohio