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VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center TBI Model Systems; VA PRC TBIMS; VA PRC Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems; VA TBIMS; VA Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS) is a congressionally mandated longitudinal multicenter study which examines the course of recovery and outcomes following inpatient rehabilitation for TBI within the five VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers located in Minneapolis, MN; Palo Alto, CA; Richmond, VA; San Antonio, TX; and Tampa, FL (NDAA 2007 and Lamberty et al. 2014). This lifetime study conducts follow-up at years 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, and every subsequent 5 years post-injury (Lamberty et al. 2014; Dijkers et al. 2010). The VA TBIMS is an inter-agency collaboration between the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense (Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center [DVBIC]), and Health and Human Services (National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and...
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The John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (2007) (Public Law 109–364).
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McCarthy, M., Silva, M.A. (2018). VA TBI Model System Program. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_9236
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