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March 6, 2026South African Journal of Surgery0 citationsOpen Access

The economic burden of traumatic brain injury at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province: a retrospective micro-costing study

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SPSN PhalengTHTC Hardcastle

Key Points

  • To assess the economic burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on patients at Pietersburg Hospital.
  • Retrospective micro-costing analysis
  • Data collected on TBI cases
  • Focus on treatment costs per patient
  • Most common cause of TBI was assault.
  • Average treatment cost exceeded R50,000 per patient per day.
  • Costs were higher than reported in most other studies.

Abstract

The most common cause of TBI was assault. The cost of treating a patient with TBI was higher than in most studies and exceeded R50 000 per patient per day.

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Phaleng et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69aa6ee2531e4c4a9ff5903bhttps://doi.org/10.36303/sajs.02492
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