Mortality over four decades after traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a retrospective cohort study

CL Harrison-Felix, GG Whiteneck, A Jha… - Archives of physical …, 2009 - Elsevier
Harrison-Felix CL, Whiteneck GG, Jha A, DeVivo MJ, Hammond FM, Hart DM. Mortality over
four decades after traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a retrospective cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate mortality, life expectancy, risk factors for death, and causes of
death in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
SETTING: Used data from an inpatient rehabilitation facility, the Social Security Death Index,
death certificates, and the US population age-race-sex–specific and cause-specific mortality …