National Spinal Cord Statistical Center Cost Figures: A Comparison to the Life Care Planning Approach

The work product of life care planners provides interested parties with a lifetime cost projection of goods and services that are necessary due to disability onset, and the methodology that life care planners follow has been well published in the rehabilitation literature. The final product is a projection of an individual’s disability-related needs throughout their life expectancy. This article contrasts the methodology utilized to prepare a life care plan with the methodology to obtain cost estimates published by the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center.