Lenique K L Huggins, Se Hee Min, Chelsea-Ann Dennis, Truls Østbye, Kimberly S Johnson, Hanzhang Xu
Interventions to promote dementia knowledge among racial/ethnic minority groups: A systematic review
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estimate burden disease evaluate factors affect health care resource use hcru young children cerebral palsy cp data collected part prospective longitudinal cohort study children cp born queensland australia 2006 2009 hcru questionnaires administered six time points data resource use sociodemographics disease severity collected costs sourced medicare australian national hospital cost data collection market prices generalized linear model used identify factors influencing cprelated costs total 794 questionnaires completed 222 participants mean 36 per participant physiotherapy 94 n 208 widely accessed allied health care therapy almost half participants 45 354 794 reported one hospital admissions health care funder perspective child cp costs average a24 950 per annum a12 475 per 6 months higher costs associated increased motor impairment gross motor function classification system p 0001 increased comorbidities p 0012 hcru preschool children cp analysed according disease severity increased motor impairments increased comorbidities associated higher health care costs