Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The costs of traumatic brain injury due to motorcycle accidents in Hanoi, Vietnam. | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation BioMed Central Open Access The costs of traumatic brain injury due to motorcycle accidents in Hanoi Vietnam Hanh TM Hoang1 4 Tran L Pham2 4 Thuy TN Vo4 Phuong K Nguyen1 Christopher M Doran3 and Peter S Hill 4 Address institute for Health Strategy and Policy Ministry of Health Vietnam 2University Training Center for Health Care Professionals Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 3National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre University of New South Wales Australia and 4School of Population Health The University of Queensland Australia Email Hanh TM Hoang - hoangmyhanh@ Tran L Pham - phamlantran@ Thuy TN Vo - thuynobita2002@ Phuong K Nguyen - nkphuong72@ Christopher M Doran - Peter S Hill - Corresponding author Published 22 August 2008 Received 7 September 2007 Accepted 22 August 2008 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2008 6 17 doi 1478-7547-6-17 This article is available from http content 6 1 17 2008 Hoang et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in Vietnam. The purpose of this study is to estimate the costs in the first year post-injury of non-fatal traumatic brain injury TBI in motorcycle users not wearing helmets in Hanoi Vietnam. The costs are calculated from the perspective of the injured patients and their families and include quantification of direct indirect and intangible costs using years lost due to disability as a proxy. Methods The study was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Data on treatment and rehabilitation costs employment and support were .
