Open AccessPatterns in US medical expenditures and utilization for injury, 1987.
Author(s) -
Ted R. Miller,
Diane C. Lestina
Publication year - 1996
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.86.1.89
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , injury prevention , medical costs , medical expenditure panel survey , poison control , medical emergency , emergency medicine , health care , health insurance , economics , physics , optics , economic growth
This article is based on data released in 1991/93 from the 1987. National Medical Expenditure Survey. Medical spending and utilization patterns are analyzed for 13 major categories of injury. Medical spending on injury in 1987 was $64.7 billion in 1993 dollars. Nonhospitalized medically treated injuries averaged $571 in medical spending per case, $181 per visit, and 3.2 visits per injury. The prevalence-based survey estimate of medical spending on injuries during 1987 is 10% lower than the incidence-based estimates of lifetime medical spending resulting from injuries in 1985.