The Cost of Birth Defects: Estimates of the Value of Protection Book

	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	The Application of Cost-of-Illness Methodology To Birth Defects	11
Ch. 3	Incidence, Prevalence, and Survival of Children With Birth Defects	41
Ch. 4	The Direct Medical Costs of Birth Defects	67
Ch. 5	Nonmedical Direct Costs of Birth Defects: Developmental Services and Special Education	89
Ch. 6	The Indirect Costs of Birth Defects: Premature Mortality and Heightened Morbidity	117
Ch. 7	An Assessment of Total Costs and Policy Implications	145
	Appendix 1 Description of Birth Defects	191
	Appendix 2 Description of Major Data Sources	249
	Index	257