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Cerebral Palsy Epidemiology
Peking University, University Health Science Center publishes research in cerebral palsy epidemiology
August 30th, 2008
New research, 'A preliminary study into the economic burden of cerebral palsy in China,' is the subject of a report. In this recent report, researchers in Beijing, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To measure the economic burden of cerebral palsy (CP) in China is to provide information on CP's societal impacts to policy-makers. The economic burden of CP includes direct healthcare costs, direct non-healthcare costs, developmental costs and indirect costs such as productivity loss." "The incidence approach is employed to estimate the lifetime economic burden of a new CP birth and that of all new cases in China in 2003. Caregivers of 319 CP patients were...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-08-30)
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