Comparison of US TBI-related emergency department visits from two data sources: NEISS-AIPand HCUP-NEDS

Congratulations to NASHIA Innovation Center Director Jill Daugherty on publication of this article related to work she completed during her tenure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention!

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) surveillance in the USA has historically used hospital administrative datasets and vital records to determine the number and rate of people who are hospitalised or die from a TBI. However, gaps exist in obtaining timely and accurate estimates of emergency department (ED)-treated TBIs. The purpose of this paper is to compare the number of TBI-related ED visits derived from two national datasets.

An important take-away: depending on the definition of TBI used and data source referenced, between 1-3 million TBI-related visits to American emergency department occur on an annual basis. Click below to access the full article.