Iowa Plan for Brain Injury, October 2002 – September 2005
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Publication date
1 January 2002
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Abstract
Cutting edge emergency services now allow many Iowans to survive a traumatic brain
injury (TBI) that would have caused death just a decade ago. The discharge planners
at medical centers struggle with dramatically shorter acute inpatient stays, increased
caseloads, and over 2000 brain injury admissions each year. Historically, following
discharge from the hospital, Iowans with brain injury and their families have been left
with little understanding of brain injury, its long-term effects, or where to go for services
and supports