title: The benefits of comprehensive care of hemophilia: a five-year study of outcomes.
abstract: Eleven of 22 federally funded Comprehensive Hemophilia Centers have collected data on outcomes, before and after five years of this program's existence. Improved health, decreased hospitalization, decreased absenteeism, and a decrease in the unemployment rate from 36 per cent to 13 per cent were accompanied by decreased costs of care. In this model of a chronic handicapping illness, the early application of comprehensive care is preferable to the previous emphasis on end-stage rehabilitative efforts.
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000628:therapy*; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States