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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Combined Cognitive And Vocational Rehabilitation In Patients With Mild-To-Moderate Tbi: Results From A Randomized Controlled Trial, Emilie Isager Howe, Nada Andelic, Silje C R Fure, Cecilie Røe, Helene L. Søberg, Torgeir Hellstrøm, Øystein Spjelkavik, Heidi Enehaug, Juan Lu, Helene Ugelstad, Marianne Løvstad, Eline Aas
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Combined Cognitive And Vocational Rehabilitation In Patients With Mild-To-Moderate Tbi: Results From A Randomized Controlled Trial, Emilie Isager Howe, Nada Andelic, Silje C R Fure, Cecilie Røe, Helene L. Søberg, Torgeir Hellstrøm, Øystein Spjelkavik, Heidi Enehaug, Juan Lu, Helene Ugelstad, Marianne Løvstad, Eline Aas
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Background
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a financial burden to the healthcare system, patients, their families and society. Rehabilitation interventions with the potential for reducing costs associated with TBI are demanded. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a randomized, controlled, parallel group trial that compared the effectiveness of a combined cognitive and vocational intervention to treatment as usual (TAU) on vocational outcomes.
Methods
One-hundred sixteen participants with mild-to-moderate TBI were recruited from an outpatient clinic at Oslo University Hospital, Norway. They were randomized to a cognitive rehabilitation intervention (Compensatory Cognitive Training, CCT) and Supported Employment (SE) or TAU in a …