title: Improving health care delivery for persons with multiple sclerosis.
abstract: Persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a close-to-normal life span and can look forward to a high level of consumption of health care services for an average of 40 to 50 years. As expensive new treatments for MS are developed and better rehabilitation techniques are implemented, lifetime health care costs for MS patients can be very great. This article discusses ways in which these costs can be managed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kraft
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D010358:Patient Participation