Medical Costs Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome May Not Be Big Financial Burden

https://www.webmd.com/children/news/20161216/down-syndrome-may-not-be-big-financial-burden-on-families

The investigators compared those kids to a similar group of almost 21,000 children without the condition. The average annual out-of-pocket medical cost difference …

Facts about Down Syndrome | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/downsyndrome.html

Out-of-pocket medical costs and third-party healthcare …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27966292/

Overall, patients with DS incurred incremental out-of-pocket medical costs of $18,248 between birth and age 18 years; third-party payers incurred incremental costs of …

Data and Statistics on Down Syndrome | CDC

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Nearly 60% of families of children with Down syndrome provided health care at home. Health care included practices such as …

GLOBAL Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down …

https://www.globaldownsyndrome.org/medical-care-guidelines-for-adults/

The new GLOBAL Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down Syndrome (GLOBAL Adult Guideline) provide first in-kind, evidence-based medical recommendations to support clinicians in their care of adults …

33 Critical Down Syndrome Statistics & Facts for 2022

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Medical costs for children with DS are much higher than for those without the disorder. (CDC) Treatment of the condition does come with considerable expenditure. …

Health and medical issues for people with Down syndrome

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Children with Down syndrome have a 10 to 20 fold increased risk of developing leukemia The cumulative risk for leukemia by the age of 5 years is around 2%. Many children with …

Having a child with Down syndrome is less expensive than many …

https://prenatalinformation.org/2016/12/14/down-syndrome-less-expensive-than-many-think/

The study compared both out-of-pocket and insurance-covered costs for children with Down syndrome and matched peers without Down syndrome and found …

What conditions or disorders are commonly associated …

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/down/conditioninfo/associated

Infants with Down syndrome have a 62-fold higher rate of pneumonia, especially in the first year after birth, than do infants without Down syndrome, for …

New study examines medical cost of caring for Down …

https://www.wcvb.com/article/new-study-examines-medical-cost-of-caring-for-down-syndrome-child/8687212

In collaboration with Harvard University and Analysis Group, Skotko and the research team discovered that the out-of-pocket medical costs for a child with Down syndrome average just $84 per...