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Review

Top Five Most Costly Conditions among Adults Age 18 and Older, 2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population

Anita Soni
In: Statistical Brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (US)) [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2001. STATISTICAL BRIEF #471.
2015 Apr.
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Top Five Most Costly Conditions among Adults Age 18 and Older, 2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population

Anita Soni.
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Excerpt

This Statistical Brief presents data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) regarding medical expenditures associated with the five most costly conditions for adults age 18 and older. The estimates have been separately presented for individuals ages 18–64 and the elderly age 65 and older in 2012. The five most costly conditions among adults ages 18–64 were trauma-related disorders, cancer, mental disorders, heart conditions, and arthritis and other non-traumatic joint disorders. Among the elderly age 65 and older, the five most expensive conditions were heart conditions, cancer, arthritis and other non-traumatic joint disorders, trauma-related disorders, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. The top five most expensive conditions were determined by totaling and ranking the expenses by condition for all medical care provided in 2012. Expenditures may be associated with more than one condition and are not unduplicated in the condition totals. Only differences between estimates that are statistically significant at the 0.05 level are discussed in the text.

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