title: National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Traumatic Brain Injury.
abstract: Purpose-This report demonstrates the analytical potential of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) through a case study of inpatient discharges and ambulatory visits for traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on unweighted data from the 2013 NHCS of inpatient and emergency department (ED) encounters and the 2013 and 2014 NHCS for outpatient department (OPD) encounters.
authors.forename: Shaleah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levant
authors.forename: Karishma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chari
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DeFrances
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult