Top 10 Most Costly Conditions Among Men and Women, 2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Adult Population, Age 18 and Older. Statistical Brief No. 331

摘要

Health care expenditures for the treatment of chronic conditions have been on the rise in the United States. Traditionally, medical expenditures have been concentrated for the treatment of certain types of highly prevalent conditions or for which treatment often entails the use of high cost services. The purpose of this Statistical Brief is to compare the pattern of medical care utilization and expenditures for men and women. The Brief uses data from the Medical Panel Expenditure Survey regarding medical expenditures associated with ten most costly conditions for men and women, age 18 and older in 2008. These top 10 most costly conditions for adults were determined by totaling and ranking the expenses by condition for all medical care provided in 2008. Only differences between estimates that are statistically significant at the 0.05 level are discussed in the text.