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Cumulative lifetime primary payer costs in a typical spinal cord-injured patient in the US.
Notes: Model assumes 32-year survival after spinal cord injury. Over a typical post-injury life span, cumulative primary payer costs will total US$3.0 million, with Medicare/Medicaid paying US$1.6 million (52%), private payers paying US$1.1 million (35%), and others (e.g. worker’s compensation, Veteran’s Administration) paying US$400,000 (13%) of medical costs.
