Estimation of the Direct Cost of Poliomyelitis Rehabilitation Treatment to Pakistani Patients: A 53-Year Retrospective Study.
Atta Abbas NaqviSyed Baqir Shyum NaqviFatima ZehraAshutosh Kumar VermaSaman UsmaniSehrish BadarRizwan AhmadNiyaz AhmadPublished in: Applied health economics and health policy (2019)
The cost of poliomyelitis rehabilitation in Pakistan is high; it has an economic effect on the lives of patients and their families. Despite good education, polio survivors in Pakistan appear to have low socioeconomic status, lower chances of employment and marriage, as well as fewer children. Further research is recommended to explore the burden of disease on society, i.e., indirect costs and suffering.