Hours and costs of formal and informal care following Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury sustained through Motor Vehicle Accidents: A Cross-sectional Study.

Objectives: To explore the weekly utilization of formal and informal care, and to calculate and compare the costs associated with these types of care after traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury sustained through a motor vehicle accident in Australia.

Design: Cross-sectional, quantitative design.

Subjects: A total of 81 people with traumatic brain injury and 30 people with spinal cord injury from 3 rehabilitation units in New South Wales, Australia.