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Economic costs of mental retardation, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and vision impairment
Using Survey Data to Study Disability: Results from the National Health Survey on Disability, pp 207-228
01 Jan 2003
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess lifetime economic costs for people with four developmental disabilities (DDs): mental retardation, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and vision impairment. Estimates were generated for direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and productivity losses resulting from increased morbidity and premature mortality. Findings suggest that lifetime costs, in excess of costs for individuals without DDs, are approximately $870,000 per person for mental retardation and $800,000 per person for cerebral palsy (in 2000 dollars). Analogous cost estimates for hearing loss and vision impairment are approximately $330,000 and $470,000, respectively. Roughly four-fifths of total costs reflect productivity losses.
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- Title
- Economic costs of mental retardation, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, and vision impairment
- Creators
- Amanda A. Honeycutt - RTI InternationalScott D. Grosse - RTI InternationalLaura J. Dunlap - RTI InternationalDiana E. Schendel - RTI InternationalHong Chen - RTI InternationalEdward Brann - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesGhada al Homsi - RTI International
- Contributors
- B M Altman (Editor)S N Barnartt (Editor)G E Hendershot (Editor)S A Larson (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Using Survey Data to Study Disability: Results from the National Health Survey on Disability, pp 207-228
- Series
- Research in Social Science and Disability; 3
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing; BINGLEY
- Number of pages
- 22
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000276666300011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-16844369649
- Other Identifier
- 991021229985004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Rehabilitation
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
- Sociology