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Article: Prevalence of mobility and self-care disability - United States, 1990.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- October 8, 1993
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An estimated 43 million persons in the United States have a disability(*) (1); the estimated annual economic impact of disabilities-representing loss of wages, medical-care expenditures, and additional household expenditures--is approximately $176.7 billion (2). The Institute of Medicine recently recommended surveillance and systematic collection of information at the national and state levels to assist in program planning and evaluation for state-based programs for the prevention of disabilities and secondary conditions (i.e., health conditions resulting from a disability) (3). To characterize state-specific disability patterns and better plan for funding of disability ...
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