The Cost of Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis

Abstract
JUVENILE-ONSET recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (JORRP) is a condition with an incidence rate of 0.4 to 1.2 cases per 100,000 person-years1 that afflicts roughly 254 to 763 US children each year. Children with JORRP must undergo repeated costly treatments to reduce the size of recurrent warty lesions in the upper airway. The disease places a heavy burden on families who are often ill-equipped to cope with it.