Financial and time costs to parents of severely disabled children.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Leonard, B ; Brust, J D ; Sapienza, J J
• Description:
  This paper considers the financial burden of parents caring for severely disabled children. A model to predict parents' out-of-pocket expenses and caregiving time demands is described. Discriminant analysis correctly classified high and low group membership for out-of-pocket expenses and caregiving time at 72 percent and 77 percent, respectively. Expected rates were 50 percent. Time spent caregiving was the best predictor for out-of-pocket expenses, and out-of-pocket expenses was the best predictor of caregiving time. A need-based approach for the distribution of resources that recognizes and adjusts for caregiving time and out-of-pocket costs is recommended.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Caregivers Child Costs And Cost Analysis Disabled Persons Financing, Personal Health Expenditures Humans Income Insurance, Health Minnesota Parents Public Assistance Research Article Time Factors

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 107(3):302-312
• Pubmed ID:
  1534417
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  0696522559/PHS HHS/United States
• Volume:
  107
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:92fed85ddc4a22c9160bde0e849010f31f21ca012601348168b036ac4ed3e627
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63753/cdc_63753_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]