Cost of Rehabilitation Treatment of Patients With Cerebral Palsy in Korea

To investigate rehabilitation treatment cost of patients with cerebral palsy (CP) according to age. We analyzed the cost of rehabilitation treatment from 2007 to 2013 for patients diagnosed with CP by sourcing data from the National Health Information Database. While the number of recently born chil...

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Published in:Annals of rehabilitation medicine 2018, 42(5), , pp.722-729
Main Authors: Kim, Seong Woo, Jeon, Ha Ra, Youk, Taemi, Kim, Jiyong
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cerebral palsy
Health care costs
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Rehabilitation
재활의학
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Summary:To investigate rehabilitation treatment cost of patients with cerebral palsy (CP) according to age. We analyzed the cost of rehabilitation treatment from 2007 to 2013 for patients diagnosed with CP by sourcing data from the National Health Information Database. While the number of recently born children requiring rehabilitation treatment has decreased, the number of patients requiring this treatment in other age groups has gradually increased. In addition, annual physical therapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, and botulinum toxin injection treatment costs per person have increased. On the other hand, the number of orthopedic surgeries and selective dorsal rhizotomy performed has decreased. This study investigated trends in the cost of treatment for patients with CP. This study can be used as a basis to provide treatment support for patients with CP.
ISSN:2234-0645
2234-0653
DOI:10.5535/arm.2018.42.5.722