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- Title
What we should know about health problems in people with intellectual disability: Implications for health policy.
- Authors
Soltani, Shahin; Faramarzi, Ahmad; Khosravi, Bahman
- Abstract
The article offers information on health related problems in people with intellectual disability (ID). Topics include limitations in intellectual functioning such as reasoning, learning problem, problem‑solving; prevalence of chronic pain and secondary conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, and sensory with ID; and using high‑cost diagnostic and therapeutic services for ID patients.
- Subjects
CHRONIC diseases; HEALTH policy; PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; HEALTH equity
- Publication
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2017, Vol 22, p1
- ISSN
1735-1995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jrms.JRMS_856_16