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- Title
Life expectancy in cerebral palsy: an update.
- Authors
Strauss, David; Brooks, Jordan; Rosenbloom, Lewis; Shavelle, Robert
- Abstract
This paper clarifies and updates some issues of life expectancy in cerebral palsy. These are: (1) the definition of life expectancy and how it is calculated; (2) the secular trends that have occurred since the data for the 1998 paper were collected; (3) revised estimates reflecting improvements of some of the analytical methods and statistics provided in that paper; (4) comparison of life expectancies among countries; (5) issues regarding quality of care; and (6) consideration of prospective life expectations in addition to current life expectancy.
- Subjects
LIFE expectancy; CEREBRAL palsy; QUALITY of life; LONGEVITY; BRAIN damage
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008, Vol 50, Issue 7, p487
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03000.x