Ethnic Differences in Rehabilitation Placement and Outcome After TBI
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
- Vol. 22 (2), 113-121
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.htr.0000265099.29436.56
Abstract
To determine whether race/ethnicity and proficiency with the English language influence access to rehabilitation services, and ultimately outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A retrospective correlational investigation. Postrehabilitation outpatients with blunt TBI. A total of 476 patients were examined 6 months postinjury, of which 109 (23%) were Hispanics, and of those 42 were predominantly Spanish speaking. Access to rehabilitation services, Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended. Insurance, age, and injury severity had the greatest influence on receipt of rehabilitation services; however, higher rates of severe disability were found among Hispanics and Spanish speakers than non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic English speakers, respectively. Insurance status has a larger influence on receipt of rehabilitation services than ethnicity or proficiency with the English language, but language proficiency is a significant predictor of severe disability.Keywords
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