Traumatic Brain Injuries Can be Costly, Emotional
Auto accidents constitute one of the leading causes of traumatic brain injuries in the United States. What is traumatic brain injury (TBI)? Basically, it is damage to the brain caused by a blow to the head. Coping with the life-changing consequences of a traumatic brain injury presents a great challenge not only for injury victims and their families, but also to doctors, therapists and society at large.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.4 million people suffer traumatic brain injuries each year in the United States and about 50,000 people die from the injury. The cost of traumatic brain injuries in the United States is estimated at $48.3 billion annually: $31.7 billion in hospitalization costs and another $16.6 billion in costs associated with fatalities.
The CDC also estimates the total cost of acute care and rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury victims in the United States is $9 billion to $10 billion per year, not including indirect costs to families and society in lost earnings, work time, productivity for family members and caregivers, employers or the costs associated with providing social services. Over a lifetime, brain injury care can cost between $600,000 and $1.8 million for a survivor of severe traumatic brain injury.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of an auto accident that caused traumatic brain injury, please contact the skilled New York brain injury lawyers at Wingate, Russotti & Shapiro for a free consultation. Our New York personal injury law firm has represented and won significant compensation for many brain injury clients. Please call us today to find out how our New York traumatic brain injury lawyers can help you with your injury claim.
