The Cumulative Burden of Mental, Substance Use, and General Medical Disorders and Rehospitalization and Mortality After an Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Each year in the United States, 1.5-2.5 million individuals require hospitalization for an injury. Multiple mental, substance use, and chronic general medical disorders are endemic among injury survivors with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet few studies have assessed the association between the cumulative burden of these conditions and health care outcomes. This study of patients hospitalized for an injury assessed associations between comorbid mental, substance use, and general medical disorders, TBI, and violent events or suicide attempts and the postinjury outcomes of recurrent hospitalization and death.

Methods

Recurrent hospitalization and all-cause mortality were examined in this population-based retrospective cohort study. A total of 76,942 pati

SUBMITTER: Zatzick DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5550030 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature