Brain injuries often prove devastating for accident victims. These injuries also routinely lead to temporary or long-lasting disabilities. Many people focus on the trauma of the accident and the immediate medical crisis of a serious brain injury, but these injuries can also have a long-lasting impact on a person’s life and the lives of their family members.
What Costs Result From Traumatic Brain Injuries
There are many different types of costs associated with traumatic brain injuries – both to the overall country as well as to a brain injury victim and his or her loved ones.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that around 1.7 million individuals suffer traumatic brain injuries each year throughout the country. Brain injuries routinely cost Americans $76 billion annually. Data provided by the Brain Injury Association of America in combination with the Family Caregiver Alliance shows that the victims of traumatic brain injuries can expect to end up facing the following costs:
- The medical costs for a traumatic brain injury throughout a person’s life can be in the millions
- Traumatic brain injury victims can expect to face exhaustive rehabilitation services including long-term care and physical therapy totaling $200,000
- Patients with traumatic brain injuries and rehabilitation centers can end up costing between $850 to $2,500 a day
- Average daily traumatic brain injury rehabilitation hospitalization can total $8,000
- For people who pass away from traumatic brain injury, the routine medical costs can still add up to $450,000 and sometimes even more. Many times, family members or loved ones are left to pay these costs.
- People who survive traumatic brain injuries routinely need help returning to work. Research reveals that supported employment for the survivors of traumatic brain injury can end up costing more than $10,000 for the first year a person receives employment assistance.
The Non-Economic Cost
The costs listed above are viewed as “economic,” which means that these bills, as well as receipts, can be totaled together to appreciate the direct cost faced by traumatic brain injury victims as well as their loved ones. There are many non-economic costs of traumatic brain injuries, as well.
Brain injuries can substantially impact a person’s ability to perform daily tasks. These impairments can also impact a person’s emotional health and well-being, relationships, and future educational and professional prospects. Even though these costs are hard to quantify, they are no less real. These non-economic damages can alter a person’s life, and they can also result in financial damages to the victim of a traumatic brain injury.
Actual Cost of Brain Injuries: Contact an Experienced Personal Injury Attorney
If you or your loved one needs the assistance of an experienced traumatic brain injury lawyer, do not hesitate to contact House Law LLC today to schedule a free case evaluation.
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