Sentences with phrase «substantial societal cost»

Recurrent delinquency is associated with high rates of multiple service utilisation and substantial societal cost.

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Perinatal events can result in associated longer term health and broader societal costs, as shown by the size of damages paid in obstetric litigation cases, which represent a substantial cost to the NHS.27 Follow - up over weeks or longer to monitor recovery, or a future assessment of the outcomes for mothers and babies at a later date, would act as a vehicle for estimating costs and consequences beyond the perinatal period and shed more light on long term cost effectiveness.

A focus on early nutrition is important, as diet is a targetable risk factor; improving maternal and / or childhood diet may help lower the prevalence of early - onset conduct problems, thus lowering substantial societal and economic costs associated with childhood CP and related adjustment problems (Hsia and Belfer 2008).