The cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK: findings from a repeated cross-sectional survey using propensity score matching.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:In the UK, families of disabled children are entitled to receive disability benefits to help meet costs associated with caring for their child. Evidence of actual costs incurred is scant, especially for mental health disability. In this study, we aimed to quantify the cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK using the concept of compensating variation (CV). DESIGN:Repeated cross-sectional survey. SETTING:The UK general population PARTICIPANTS: 85 212 children drawn from 8 waves of the Family Resources Survey. OUTCOMES:Using propensity score matching we matched families with a disabled child to similar families without a disabled child and calculated the extra income the former require to achieve the same living standards as

SUBMITTER: Solmi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829601 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature