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Many patients with mild traumatic brain injury miss out on follow-up care - study
This article has been updated to include a response from ACC
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Many patients with mild traumatic brain injury miss out on follow-up care - study
Friday 7 October 2022, 01:37 PM

Auckland University of Technology researcher Renata Bastos Gottgtroy [image: supplied]
“Two-thirds of patients only have one appointment”
Only a third of ACC claimants with mild traumatic brain injury receive a follow-up healthcare
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References
Bastos Gottgtroy R, Hume P, Theadom A, Healthcare pathways for mild traumatic brain injury patients in New Zealand, determined from Accident Compensation Corporation data, NZMJ, 2022 Oct 7; 135(1563). ISSN 1175-8716 www.nzma.org.nz/journal