The cost of head injuries - Medical, emotional, financial and social

Dr  Quarta du Toit

The cost of head injuries - Medical, emotional, financial and social

Dr Quarta du Toit University of Cape Town

Keywords: Head injuries, Patients, Costs & cost analysis, Economic value of life, Social adjustment, Emotions, Accident, Traffic, Trauma, Personal expenditure

Abstract

This is a prospective study into the global cost of brain injury in a group of white adults with at least a Standard 10 education, admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital over a period of 2 years. The different kinds of injuries are described as well as the medical, emotional, financial and social costs involved.

Author Biography

Dr Quarta du Toit, University of Cape Town

MA Clinical Psychol (RAU), PhD Psychol (UCT) Dept Psychiatry, Valkenberg Hospital

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Issue

Vol 8 No 2 (1987)

Section

Original Research

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