Spinal Cord Injury: An Analysis of Medical and Social Costs

Spinal Cord Injury: An Analysis of Medical and Social Costs
ISBN-10
188879917X
ISBN-13
9781888799170
Series
Spinal Cord Injury
Category
Medical
Pages
188
Language
English
Published
1998-10
Publisher
Demos Medical Publishing
Authors
Monroe Berkowitz, Dr. Paul O'Leary, Dr. Douglas Kruse

Description

Explores in detail elements that make up both the medical and nonmedical direct costs of spinal cord injury, focusing on the costs of home modifications, vehicle adaptations, and wheelchairs, and on the determinants of employment for people with spinal cord injury. Contains sections on basic demographics and injury characteristics, direct and indirect costs, lifetime costs, and employment and income. Includes appendices of statistics and a survey instrument. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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