In this new report, ATscale describes the enormous gains that access to assistive technology (AT) can have in health, for the community and the economy. The figures are dramatic: investment in the provision of four assistive products – hearing aids, prostheses, eyeglasses, and wheelchairs – will result in a return on investment of 9:1.
Disability and Assistive Technology in Population-Based Data
This article aims to describe the data types and accompanying methods that are commonly-used to estimate disability prevalence in a population. These estimates are often commissioned by policymakers to scale supportive measures, and innovators to describe addressable markets to funders. This article was commissioned by the Royal Society and funded with UK International Development from the UK government.
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Publisher Name:
The Royal Society, Global Disability Innovation Hub
Publisher Website:
https://royalsociety.org/
Publication Year:
2023
Categories:
Evidence and data
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