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DCCUMENT PISUME
03758 - (B2934205]
Cost of Spinal Cord Injuries in the United States and Progress
in Spinal Cord Regeneration. HED-78-10; B-164031(2). October 14,
1977. 42 pp.
Staff study.
Issue Area: Health Programs (1200).
Contact: Susan Resourcqs Div.
Budget Function: Health: Health Research anrA Education (552).
Organi7aticn Concerned: Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare; Veterans Administraticm.
A study was conducted of spinal cord injury costs in
the United States and current research efforts involving spinal
cord regeneration. The consequences of a spinal cord injury
range from partial paralysis to death. A victim who survives
incurs lifetime medical costs that can range between $44,000 to
$115,000 depending on the extent of the injury, not to mention
the lost earnings and other injury related costs, Advances have
been made in diagnosing spinal cord injuries and treating damage
to the cord caused by pressure on the sp ne. However, once the
cord's nerve fibers are 4ejtroyed, function below the level of
the injury is usually lost and no tieatment available can
regenerate nerve fibers. Begenerati:n research to date has not
been successful in regrowing nerve fibers in humans for numerous
reasons. many Federal agencies are %+udying the problem with no
central direction and are supporting various approaches to solve
the problem. In England special centers have been developed to
treat spinal cord injuries and the concept has been accepted
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