1National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Health Services, Office of the Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, Israel
2Kentucky Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
3Department of Physical Therapy, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel
4Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
5Clalit Health Services, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Corresponding author: Professor Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, Medical Director, Division for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, P.O. Box 1260, IL-91012 Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Information: International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 2191-0278 , ISSN (Print) 0334-0139 , DOI: 10.1515/ijamh.2011.014, March 2011
Abstract
In 1998, a questionnaire was developed by the Health Services, Office of the Medical Director at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services. This questionnaire was aimed to assess, on a yearly basis, the health of the residents with intellectual disability and the services provided to them by specific residential care centers within Israel. The present study was conducted to examine trends in the number of children with intellectual disability in residential care centers in Israel during 1999–2008. We demonstrated a clear downward trend with regard to the percent of children living in residential care facilities, from 18.1% of the total population in 1999 to 12.8% in 2008.
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