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The incidence and prevalence of spinal cord injury in Canada

13 Dec 2010

The absence of esti mates of incidence and prevalence is of signifi cant concern, as it limits a wide range of research and policy, ranging from the determinati on of the most eff ecti ve preventi on strategies through the delivery of health and medical care to the considerati on of the fi nancial impact of SCI and funding of preventi on and care programmes. [...] In the context of its objecti ve to increase the independence and improve the quality of life of people living with SCI, the RHI must know both the scale and the scope of SCI in Canada in order to ensure that it is reaching this community; to facilitate discovery, development and implementati on of relevant soluti ons to improve their quality of life; and to compare the impact or success of such i [...] In additi on to this core focus on people living with SCI, the RHI must also know the extent of SCI in order to broaden public knowledge of SCI, to encourage the implementati on of the most eff ecti ve preventi on programmes, and to increase public support for the Insti tute and for the funding of its acti viti es. [...] Understanding the extent of SCI is also fundamental to the evaluati on of the wider consequences of SCI that are the foundati on of public eff orts to provide faciliti es, services, and care that increase independence and improve the quality of life of people living with SCI. [...] This is done in this secti on, which combines the best available current evidence on the incidence of SCI with current esti mates of the age and gender compositi on of Canada’s populati on to generate such esti mates of incidence and prevalence of SCI for Canada in 2010.
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Authors

Farry, Angela

Pages
57
Published in
Canada

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