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Medical expenditures for disability and disabling comorbidity.

Author(s) -

Dorothy P. Rice,

Mitchell P. LaPlante

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.5.739

Subject(s) - per capita , comorbidity , limiting , medicine , medical care , medical expenditure panel survey , national comorbidity survey , national health interview survey , environmental health , health care , gerontology , psychiatry , family medicine , health insurance , population , mechanical engineering , economics , engineering , economic growth

Disability and disabling comorbidity place a disproportionately large burden on the health care system. National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey data show that medical care expenditures for noninstitutionalized persons amounted to $154 billion ($691 per capita) in 1980. The medical expenditure per capita for people reporting two or more disabling chronic conditions ($2456) was 5 times the amount incurred by those with no limiting conditions ($486) and more than 1.5 times the amount incurred by those with one limiting condition.

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