Brain Injuries
ANYTIME - ANYWHERE
ANYONE
•
2.4 million people, including 475,000 children, sustain a TBI in the
U.S. each year. 5.3 million individuals live with life-long disability
as a result ofTBI.
•
52,000 people will die from their injuries. 275,000 people will be
hospitalized. 1.4 million people will be treated and released from
emergency departments.
• Just as no two people are exactly alike, no two brain injuries are exactly alike.
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BRAIN INJURIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE
• A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow, jolt or bump
to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts
the normal function of the brain.
• 2.4 million people, including 475,000 children, sustain a
TBI in the U.S. each year. 5.3 million individuals live
with life-long disability as a result ofTBI.
• 52,000 people will die. 275,000 people will be
hospitalized. 1.365 million people will be treated and
released from an emergency department.
• TBis are caused by caused by falls (35%); car crashes
(17%), workplace accidents (16%), assaults (10%),
and other causes (21%).
• TBI is a contributing factor to a third (30.5%) of all
injury-related deaths in the United States.
• About 75% of TBIs that occur each year are
concussions or other forms of mild traumatic brain
injury (MTBI).
• Just as no two people are exactly alike, no two brain
injuries are exactly alike. For some, brain injury is the
start of a lifelong disease process. The injury requires
access to a full continuum of medically necessary
treatment and community-based supports furnished
by interdisciplinary teams of qualified and specialized
clinicians working in accredited programs and
appropriate settings.
BRAIN INJURY
ASSOCIATION
• The costs to treat brain injuries are staggering:
• Average hospital-based acute rehab is about
$8,000 per day
• Range for post-acute residential is about $850 to
$2,500 per day
• Day treatment programs (e.g., 4 hours of therapy)
are about $600 to $1,000 with no room/board
• According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, in the U.S., direct medical costs and
indirect costs of TBI, such as lost productivity,
totaled an estimated $76.3 billion each year.
"Since anyone can sustain a brain injury at any time, it is
important for everyone to have access to comprehensive
rehabilitation and ongoing disease management. Doing so
eases medical complications, permanent disability, family
dysfunction, job loss, homelessness, impoverishment,
medical indigence, suicide and involvement with the
criminal or juvenile justice system. Access to early,
comprehensive treatment for brain injury also alleviates the
burden of long term care that is transferred to tax
payers at the federal state and local levels."
Dr. Brent Masel, National Medical Director
for the Brain Injury Association of America
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