Why the study?
What are the medical care utilization and expenditures for privately insured children and young adults with muscular dystrophy compared to those without?
What are the medical care utilization and expenditures for privately insured children and young adults with muscular dystrophy compared to those without?
Children and young adults with muscular dystrophy incur medical expenditures 10 to 20 times higher than those without the condition, driven significantly by respiratory and cardiac complications in late adolescence.
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May inform resource planning for muscular dystrophy care; leaves open longitudinal studies on cost drivers and interventions.
Ouyang et al. (2008) studied this question.
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