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Prosthetic cost projections for servicemembers with major limb loss from Vietnam and OIF/OEF.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hubbard, Sharon McFarland, Lynne Vernice Gambel, Jeffrey M. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | This study projects prosthetic- and assistive-device costs for veterans with limb loss from Vietnam and injured servicemembers returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) to inform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for these veterans' future care. The 2005 Medicare prosthetic device component prices were applied to current prosthetic and assistive-device use obtained from a national survey of 581 veterans and servicemembers with major traumatic amputations. Projections were made for 5-year, 10-year, 20-year, and lifetime costs based on eight Markov models. Average 5-year projected costs for prosthetic and assistive-device replacement for the Vietnam group are lower than for the OIF/OEF cohort due in part to use of fewer and less technologically advanced prosthetic devices and higher frequency of prosthetic abandonment. By limb-loss level, for the Vietnam group and OIF/OEF cohort, 5-year projected unilateral upper limb average costs are $31,129 and $117,440, unilateral lower limb costs are $82,251 and $228,665, and multiple limb costs are $130,890 and $453,696, respectively. These figures provide the VA with a funding estimate for technologically advanced prosthetic and assistive devices within the framework of ongoing rehabilitation for veterans with traumatic limb loss from the Vietnam and OIF/OEF conflicts. |
| Starting Page | 387 |
| Ending Page | 402 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA524665&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/10/474/pdf/blough.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/10/474/pdf/doaj/blough.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a524665.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 20803406v1 |
| Volume Number | 47 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of rehabilitation research and development |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Amputation Amputation, Traumatic Amputees Conflict (Psychology) Financial cost Gulf War Lower Extremity Projections and Predictions Prosthesis Self-Help Devices Sensorineural Hearing Loss (disorder) United States Department of Veterans Affairs Upper Extremity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
