Economic Consequences of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

This is a unique contribution to our understanding of the demographics & economics of living with spinal cord injury (SCI). It is a comprehensive analysis of who becomes spinal cord injured, occupational data before & after SCI & the impact of SCI on life-style & career goals. The book discusses the direct costs of SCI - including hospitalizations, medical care, expenditures on home modifications, equipment & medications, as well as indirect costs - lost wages & changes in family life. These costs are aggregated over the entire SCI population & an estimate made of lifetime costs for the present & future SCI population. The book will be of interest to physicians involved in the care of SCI patients & to lawyers, economists, sociologists & survey researchers involved in disability & long-term care.Berkowitz, Monroe is the author of 'Economic Consequences of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury' with ISBN 9780939957446 and ISBN 0939957442.