Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 00:42
in Health & Medicine
Osteoarthritis (OA), a highly prevalent disease, raised aggregate annual medical care expenditures in the U.S. by $185.5 billion according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Insurers footed $149.4 billion of the total medical spend and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures were $36.1 billion (2007 dollars).