Table 3.
Costs for occupational trauma by TBI type, for WRTBI reported in WTR and linked to a closed, compensable State Fund WC claim (N=151).
| Isolated TBI | TBI with other trauma | Sig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of workers | 54 | 97 | |
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| Medical costsa,b | |||
| Mean (SE) | $ 88,307 (61,118) | $ 73,669 (9,719) | 0.81 |
| Median (IQR) | 16,426 (23,914) | 41,167 (84,635) | |
| Time-loss compensationa,c | |||
| Mean (SE) | 5,834 (1,722) | 13,732 (2,312) | <0.01 |
| Median (IQR) | 860 (5,515) | 4,677 (12,491) | |
Abbreviations: IQR, inter-quartile range; SE, standard error; TBI, traumatic brain injury; WC, workers’ compensation; WRTBI, work-related traumatic brain injury; WTR, Washington Trauma Registry.
Significance indicates p-value for comparison of mean costs t-tests across TBI types.
Mean and median costs are in US dollars and include all workers, including non-users and those with zero costs.
Medical costs refer to total paid-to-date professional, facility, and pharmacy costs from closed claims. Medical costs are inflation adjusted to December 2008 equivalents using the Medical Consumer Price Index (CPI), based on the month and year of injury.
Time-loss compensation costs refer to total paid-to-date compensation for time lost from work due to injury and are inflation adjusted to December 2008 equivalents using the CPI, based on the month and year of injury.