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Understanding treatment of mild traumatic brain injury in the military / Carrie M. Farmer, Heather Krull, Thomas W. Concannon, Molly Simmons, Frencesca Pillemer, Teague Ruder, Andrew M. Parker. Maulik P. Purohit, Liisa Hiatt, Benjamin Batorsky, Kimberly A. Hepner

Author
Farmer, Carrie M.
Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corporation, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
xxvi, 120 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) and Rand Corporation
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury -- Why Focus on Mild TBI Among Service Members? -- Understanding the Care Provided by the Military Health System for mTBI -- Organization of This Report -- ch. Two Methods -- Overview -- Expert Advisory Group -- Data Sources -- Population -- Analyses -- Service Member and Clinical Care Variables -- ch. Three How Many Service Members Receive Treatment for mTBI? -- Number of Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with mTBI, 2008-2013 -- Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with a mTBI New Diagnosis in 2012 -- Conclusions -- ch. Four What Are the Characteristics of Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members Who Receive Treatment for an mTBI Through the MHS? -- Demographic Characteristics of 2012 mTBI Cohort -- Service Characteristics of 2012 mTBI Cohort -- Co-Occurring Diagnoses -- Conclusions -- ch. Five Where Do Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with mTBI Receive Care? -- Location of Initial mTBI Diagnosis -- Timing and Location of First Health Care Encounter After mTBI Diagnosis -- Location of Care -- Conclusions -- ch. Six What Are the Duration and Patterns of Health Care in the Six Months After an mTBI Diagnosis? -- Duration of Care in the 2012 mTBI Cohort -- Patterns of Care in the 2012 mTBI Cohort -- Conclusions -- ch. Seven What Types of Care Do Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with mTBI Receive in the Six Months After Their mTBI Diagnosis? -- Diagnostic Assessments -- Therapies and Treatments for Symptoms and Conditions That Commonly or Occasionally Co-Occur with mTBI -- Medications -- Conclusions -- ch. Eight Who Receives Persistent Care Following mTBI Diagnosis? -- Characteristics of Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members Who Received Persistent Care -- Conclusions -- ch. Nine Findings and Recommendations -- Summary of Findings -- Limitations and Considerations for Future Analysis -- Recommendations -- Final Thoughts -- APPENDIXES -- A.Using ICD-9 Codes to Identify mTBI -- B.Comparison and Variation Using the Project and Other ICD-9 Definitions -- C.ICD-9 to ICD-10 Considerations -- D.Variable Definitions -- E.Additional Analyses.
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ISBN
0833092766
9780833092762
Note
"National Defense Research Institute."
"Prepared for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-120).
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