Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Understanding the Care Provided by the Military Health System for mTBI
Organization of This Report
Overview
Data Sources
Population
Analyses
Service Member and Clinical Care Variables
Number of Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with mTBI, 2008–2013
Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with a mTBI New Diagnosis in 2012
Conclusions
Demographic Characteristics of 2012 mTBI Cohort
Co-Occurring Diagnoses
Conclusions
Location of Initial mTBI Diagnosis
Timing and Location of First Health Care Encounter After mTBI Diagnosis
Location of Care
Conclusions
Duration of Care in the 2012 mTBI Cohort
Patterns of Care in the 2012 mTBI Cohort
Conclusions
CHAPTER SEVEN: What Types of Care Do Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members with mTBI Receive in the Six Months After Their mTBI Diagnosis?
Therapies and Treatments for Symptoms and Conditions That Commonly or Occasionally Co-Occur with mTBI
Medications
Conclusions
CHAPTER EIGHT: Who Receives Persistent Care Following mTBI Diagnosis?
Characteristics of Nondeployed Active-Duty Service Members Who Received Persistent Care
Conclusions
CHAPTER NINE: Findings and Recommendations
Summary of Findings
Limitations and Considerations for Future Analysis
Recommendations
Final Thoughts
A. Using ICD-9 Codes to Identify mTBI
B. Comparison and Variation Using the Project and Other ICD-9 Definitions
C. ICD-9 to ICD-10 Considerations
D. Variable Definitions
E. Additional Analyses
References