کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6238868 1278906 2015 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Costs of caring for children with an intellectual developmental disorder
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
هزینه مراقبت از کودکان با اختلال رشد فکری
کلمات کلیدی
هزینه ها، معلولیت، اختلال رشد ذهنی، والدین، جامعه،
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundCaring for a child with intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) is expensive for the medical system, for the family, and for society in general. Whereas the health care costs of IDD have been described, the societal and parental costs of IDD have been less well documented.ObjectiveOur goal was to estimate the out-of-pocket costs to parents, and the non-health system costs to society, of raising a child with IDD.MethodsWe used an online retrospective survey, previously developed by our group, to collect parental and societal costs to families of 80 children who presented with IDD of unknown etiology in British Columbia, Canada.ResultsMedian annual parental costs of caring for 80 children with IDD was CAD$44,570 (range CAD$2245-$225,777). The largest contributors to parental costs were income loss and caregiving time costs. Median annual societal costs (excluding health system costs) were CAD$27,428 (range CAD$0-$119,188). In school age children, the largest contributor to societal costs was a per child school subsidy. Both parental and societal costs increased with increasing IDD severity. Parental costs were not adequately compensated by government benefits received.ConclusionsAlthough medical care is universally available through Canadian provincial health systems and social assistance is provided to the families of children with IDD, parents continue to bear a substantial financial burden beyond that associated with raising an unaffected child.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Disability and Health Journal - Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2015, Pages 646-651
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