America’s Top 10 Most Expensive Medical Conditions
America’s Top 10 Most Expensive Medical Conditions
Getting Sick in America can be a serious financial downfall.
- Ischemic heart disease, 3.4 million conditions (costs $21.5 billion to treat)
- Motor vehicle accidents, 7.3 million conditions (costs $21.2 billion to treat)
- Acute respiratory infection, 44.5 million conditions (costs $17.9 billion to treat)
- Arthropaties, 16.8 million conditions (costs $15.9 billion to treat)
- Hypertension, 26 million conditions (costs $14.8 billion to treat)
- Back problems, 13.2 million conditions (costs $12.2 billion to treat)
- Mood disorders, 9 million conditions (costs $10.2 billion to treat)
- Diabetes, 9.2 million conditions (costs $10.1 billion to treat)
- Cerebrovascular disease, 2 million conditions (costs $8.3 billion to treat)
- Cardiac dysrhythmias [Heart arrhythmias], 2.9 million conditions (costs $7.2 billion to treat)
April 20th, 2009 in
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