Health Inquiry: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-third Congress, First and [-second] Sessions ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 3151 pages |
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Page 902
... Cost of wheelchairs , braces , physical therapy , and other measures are items of ex- treme cost to individuals and their families . The only reason that costs to Government agencies have not been higher is that heretofore such agencies ...
... Cost of wheelchairs , braces , physical therapy , and other measures are items of ex- treme cost to individuals and their families . The only reason that costs to Government agencies have not been higher is that heretofore such agencies ...
Page 976
... cost accountants have shown that the average accident involves indirect costs which are at least four times as great . Another $ 600 million must be included for medical ex- penses and compensation payments , and twice this sum must be ...
... cost accountants have shown that the average accident involves indirect costs which are at least four times as great . Another $ 600 million must be included for medical ex- penses and compensation payments , and twice this sum must be ...
Page 994
... cost for the inadequate care and education of the blind baby is $ 100,000 during its lifetime , an esti- mated public future obligation of $ 400 million incurred during a brief 10 - year duration . Successful research at a cost of 10 ...
... cost for the inadequate care and education of the blind baby is $ 100,000 during its lifetime , an esti- mated public future obligation of $ 400 million incurred during a brief 10 - year duration . Successful research at a cost of 10 ...
Page 997
... costs . While we introduce this figure to impress you with the dollar cost of blindness , we must , however , for the record , remind you that the average grant of $ 54.02 per month is far from adequate and if our Government could ...
... costs . While we introduce this figure to impress you with the dollar cost of blindness , we must , however , for the record , remind you that the average grant of $ 54.02 per month is far from adequate and if our Government could ...
Page 998
... cost the Nation $ 12 billion , a shocking amount , but- even more shocking - not nearly enough . But this is the cost in dollars and cents only . If we have a moral obligation to inquire into the dollars - and - cents cost , we can be ...
... cost the Nation $ 12 billion , a shocking amount , but- even more shocking - not nearly enough . But this is the cost in dollars and cents only . If we have a moral obligation to inquire into the dollars - and - cents cost , we can be ...
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Page 995 - Central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye.
Page 1062 - APA is to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare.
Page 1630 - If default be made in the payment of the agreed premium for this policy, the subsequent acceptance of a premium by the insurer or by any of its duly authorized agents shall reinstate the policy but only to cover accidental injury thereafter sustained and such sickness as may begin more than ten days after the date of such acceptance.
Page 963 - B823 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness of the National Institutes of Health...
Page 995 - The permanent impairment of vision of both eyes of the following status: central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, with corrective glasses, or central visual acuity of more than 20/200 if there is a field defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than twenty degrees...
Page 1579 - ... Medical Advisory Committee; the Council of the National Institute on Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases; was chairman of the Health Resources Advisory Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization, and chairman, National Advisory Committee to the Selective Service...
Page 1004 - Valuable information was secured from the American Association of Workers for the Blind ; the American Foundation for the Blind; the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness; the...
Page 1579 - DR. GEORGE BAEHR, PRESIDENT AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR, HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN OF GREATER NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NY Mr.
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Page 1021 - ... the restoration of the handicapped to the fullest physical, mental, social, vocational, and economic usefulness of which they are capable.