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The benefits of comprehensive care of hemophilia: a five-year study of outcomes.

Author(s) -

Peter S. Smith,

Peter H. Levine

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.6.616

Subject(s) - absenteeism , medicine , unemployment , health care , family medicine , pediatrics , demography , gerontology , environmental health , psychology , political science , social psychology , sociology , economics , economic growth , law

Eleven of 22 federally funded Comprehensive Hemophilia Centers have collected data on outcomes, before and after five years of this program's existence. Improved health, decreased hospitalization, decreased absenteeism, and a decrease in the unemployment rate from 36 per cent to 13 per cent were accompanied by decreased costs of care. In this model of a chronic handicapping illness, the early application of comprehensive care is preferable to the previous emphasis on end-stage rehabilitative efforts.

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