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Traumatic brain injury in Kentucky.

Spurlock C, Christian J.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death, disability, loss of productivity, use of medical resources, and human suffering in Kentucky. It is important to have a data-based understanding of TBI for the purposes of assessing the need for services by people with TBI, estimating the impact of TBI on the medical system, and focusing TBI prevention efforts. During 1999, the Kentucky Taumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board autorized the Department for Public Health, State Injury Prevention Program to conduct a six month pilot study to determine the feasibility of establishing a permanent Acquired Brain Injury Surveillance System in Kentucky. The TBI data presented in this report are part of the larger study.

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Comments to Mark Schneider, Last Modified: July 9, 2001 by JP
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