Economic burden of poliomyelitis

Dai, F.; Zhang, R.Z.

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 17(3): 169-171

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0254-6450
PMID: 9208518
Document Number: 462758
Economic burden that caused by paralyzed and fatal poliomyelitis was described to provide basic data for evaluation. The study showed: the average costs for treatment, recovery and rehabilitation were 1612.6 yuan, 921.9 yuan and 1112.2 yuan per case, respectively. The total economic loss due to all new victims and handicapped cases of polio was 1.99 billion yuan in 1993 in China.

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