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Review

Expenditures for Commonly Treated Conditions Among Older Adults: Estimates From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2019

Pradip K. Muhuri
In: Statistical Brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (US)) [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2001. STATISTICAL BRIEF #545.
2022 Oct.
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Expenditures for Commonly Treated Conditions Among Older Adults: Estimates From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2019

Pradip K. Muhuri.
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Excerpt

About 88 percent of civilian noninstitutionalized adults 65 and older in the United States had at least one of 10 selected diagnosed chronic conditions in 2018 (1). In addition, just over three-fourths of Americans 80 years and older had at least one of four chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung disease) between 1998 and 2014 (2). Since 1996, the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC) has collected a wide range of healthcare data annually for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.

This statistical brief presents data from the 2019 MEPS-HC on condition-specific total annual expenditures and the share of those expenses associated with different medical services and sources of payments for nine commonly treated conditions (those with an estimated treated disease prevalence of about 20 percent or higher) among adults 65 and older. These conditions include: (a) hypertension, (b) hyperlipidemia, (c) arthritis and other joint disorders (including joint pain and back pain), (d) nervous system disorders, (e) heart disease, (f) diabetes, (g) cancer, (h) mental disorders, and (i) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and other respiratory conditions. All estimates are weighted to represent older adults in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, and standard errors are adjusted to account for the MEPS complex survey design. Most figures in this brief present estimates with a 95-percent confidence interval.

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