Association of Social Determinants of Health with Acute TBI Care Among U.S. Older Adults
Catherine Sumida, L. Grisell Diaz‐Ramirez, Kristine Yaffe, W John Boscardin, Raquel C. Gardner, Erica S Kornblith · 2025
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Older adults suffer head injuries at the highest rates, and fast full care can shape recovery. Catherine Sumida and co-authors studied how social factors track with the care older patients got, in a 2025 paper. Records joined a national aging survey with Medicare claims from 2000 to 2018. The study covered one thousand one hundred forty-eight people with a first brain injury code.
Care was ranked in three steps, from no emergency visit or scan to both together. Most patients, about seven in ten, got the fullest level of care. About one in six got neither an emergency visit nor a scan near the diagnosis. Living in a rural area tracked with the care level a patient received. The authors tie fair access to scans to better odds after injury.
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| CREATOR | Catherine Sumida, L. Grisell Diaz‐Ramirez, Kristine Yaffe, W John Boscardin, Raquel C. Gardner, Erica S Kornblith |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |