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Fri, 19 Oct 2001 00:35:46 +0100
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On Thursday 18 Oct 2001 7:03 am, David Freels wrote:
> Dear Judy and other interested parties:
>
> If you'll recall, a CDC report
> [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medicaidforhbot/files/CDC%27s%20cost
>%20of%20cp%20 %28p.18%29.PDF] found that each brain-injured child
> costs $503,000 per year and will cost $2.4 billion over his/her
> lifetime--these costs are per child, per lifetime.
>

Assuming the child lives for somewhere near 4771 years of course!!!
And that's using US billion (UK is 12 zeroes)!! HBOT must be very
expensive, one wonders if its worth it!!

Cheers

Deri

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