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An estimated _______________ Americans are affected by stroke and TBI.

10 million

Definition of TBI

An insult to the brain, not of a degenerative or congenital nautre but caused by an external physical force...

Definition of ABI

An injury to the brain that has occurred after birth and is not hereditary or degenerative...

More than _____________ people die every year as a result of traumatic brain injury.

50,000

_________________ people are hospitalized each year with traumatic brain injury.

235,000

_______________ to _____________ Americans experience the onset of a long-term disablity following traumatic brain injury each year.

80,000 to 90,000

After one TBI, the risk for a second injury is ____ times greater;

3

The most lethal cause of TBI is ____________.

firearms

______% of firearm-related TBI result in death.

91

______ million TBIs occur every year.

1.4

____% of TBIs result in death.

4

____% of TBIs result in hospitalizations.

17

____% of TBIs result in emergency room visits.

79

after the second inury, the risk for a third injury is ____ times greater.
8

Incidence of TBI is highest in the _________ age group.

zero to four

The most prevelant (20%) cause of TBI is ______.

falls

Alcohol is a contributing factor in ________% of TBIs.

over 50

Organizations that set standards for rehabilitation programs are:

JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) and CARF ((Commission on Accrediatroin of Rehabilitation Facilities).

Standards are set on _____________ and __________.

Quality and Performance

TBIs cost more than $______ billion annually.

60

Approximately ____% of individuals with severe brain injuries have adequate funding for long-term treatment.

5

Those most likely to have difficulty accessing services are 1)_________, 2)_________, 3)_________

1) cognitive impairment with no physical disability, 2) no effective advocate, 3) problematic behaviors.

The 1997 GAO report on TBI determined that Waiver programs covered 2,478 individuals and spent $__________ million.

118

In 1997 Waiver programs for developmental disabilities covered 236,000 individuals and spent $______ billion.

5.8

The "Olmstead Decision" (1999) requires...

services in most integrated community setting appropriate...

The National Head Injury Foundation (now the BIAA) was founded in ________.

1980

The year of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act was

1996

The Traumatic Brain Injury Act expands 1)_______, 2)______, 3)______.

1) Prevention, 2) Research, 3) Quality of sevices.

Grants are provided through __________.

HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration).

Definition of "Surveillance":

ongoing and systematic collection, analysis and interprestation of data used to describe and minotor a health event.

The second leading cause of TBI is: _____

motor vehicle accidents

The severity levels of TBIs are mild (____%), moderate (____%), and severe (_____%).

mild (80%), moderate (10-30%), severe (5-25%).

The age range in which TBI is most likely to result in death is ________.

over 75

The age ranges in which TBI is most likely to result in hospitalization are ________ and _______.

zero to four, and over 75