Abstract
This study uses a nationally representative survey to identify the most expensive conditions in the United States and to examine the association between spending and disability. The most expensive conditions at a population level were ischemic heart disease and motor vehicle accidents; at the per capita level they were respiratory malignancies. There was not a significant association between rank order of treatment costs and disability; the conditions with the greatest disability relative to expenditures were mood disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and arthropathies. We use the findings to discuss the role for cost-of-illness and burden-of-disease estimates in setting priorities.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Accidents, Traffic / economics
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Accidents, Traffic / statistics & numerical data
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Disabled Persons
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Disease / classification*
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Disease / economics*
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Health Care Costs / statistics & numerical data*
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Health Care Surveys
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Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data*
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Humans
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Joint Diseases / economics
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Joint Diseases / epidemiology
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Mood Disorders / economics
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Mood Disorders / epidemiology
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Myocardial Ischemia / economics
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Myocardial Ischemia / epidemiology
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / economics
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
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Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / economics
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Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / epidemiology
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United States / epidemiology