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Current Geriatrics Reports
Erschienen in: Current Geriatrics Reports 3/2012

01.09.2012 | Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia (K Wang, Section Editor)

Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury in Hungary and Eastern Europe

verfasst von: András Büki, Endre Czeiter, Noémi Kovács, Krisztina Amrein, Erzsébet Ezer, János Sándor, Támas Dóczi

Erschienen in: Current Geriatrics Reports | Ausgabe 3/2012

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Abstract

While the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is decreasing in the young, active population, injuries are getting more frequent among the elderly; as the geriatric population is in a constant rise and the relative cost of care is particularly high in this group of patients, the economic burden of TBI does not decline. This review is aimed to identify predisposing factors and characteristic features of geriatric brain injury, primarily focusing on the comparison between Eastern and Western European countries. While economically each of these is a high- or middle-income country, the differences in mortality and morbidity, approaches, and policies applied by health care providers are substantial. On the basis of the disappointing outcome results in Eastern Europe, one may conclude that therapeutic guidelines defined on the basis of the “Western experience” should only be applied in conjunction with a systematic reorganization of health care in Eastern Europe.
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Metadaten
Titel
Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury in Hungary and Eastern Europe
verfasst von
András Büki
Endre Czeiter
Noémi Kovács
Krisztina Amrein
Erzsébet Ezer
János Sándor
Támas Dóczi
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2012
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Geriatrics Reports / Ausgabe 3/2012
Elektronische ISSN: 2196-7865
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-012-0016-3

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