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Disability and cost of rehabilitative care: implication for national health policy reform

Disability is still a major health problem. It is a growing concern globally considering such consequences of handicapping condition. The cost associated with rehabilitative services is often high, and sometimes when compared with other types of health care services, seems too expensive. A study was carried out to examine the various dimensions of problems of physically challenged persons and to make appropriate recommendation for inclusion to put in place in the National Health Policy reform. The cross-sectional study was done using a random sample of 240 disabled persons at the University of…