Arthritis: Use and Expenditures among U.S. Adult Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005

摘要

Arthritis is a group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body. It is derived from the Greek plural word arthritides, which comprises arthro (joint) and itis (disease, inflammation); together they describe joint inflammation. This Statistical Brief presents estimates based on the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) on the use of and expenditures for ambulatory care and prescribed medications to treat arthritis among the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized adult, ages 18 and older population. This Brief also analyzes the sources of payments for care and treatment of arthritis. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.