Divergence in the epidemiological estimates of traumatic brain injury in the United States: comparison of two national databases.

CONCLUSIONS: The databases disagreed widely in their weighted estimates of TBI incidence: CDC estimates were consistently higher than NTDB NSP estimates, by an average of 448%. Although such a discrepancy may be intuitive, this is the first study to quantify the magnitude of disagreement between these databases. Given that research, funding, and policy decisions are made based on these estimates, there is a need for a more accurate estimate of the true national incidence of TBI.
PMID: 33254146 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - November 20, 2020 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Stopa BM, Harary M, Jhun R, Job A, Izzy S, Smith TR, Gormley WB Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research