The economic costs of illness: a replication and update

The economic burden resulting from illness, disability, and premature death is of major importance in the allocation of health care resources and in the evaluation of health research and programs. This article updates the 1963 and 1972 studies of the costs of illness. In 1980, the estimated total ec...

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Published in:Health care financing review 1985, Vol.7 (1), p.61-80
Main Authors: Rice, D P, Hodgson, T A, Kopstein, A N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Cost estimates
Costs
Costs and Cost Analysis
Direct costs
Disease
Disease - economics
Economics
Female
Health care expenditures
Humans
Illnesses
Male
Middle Aged
People with disabilities
Resource allocation
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Statistical data
Statistics as Topic
United States
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Summary:The economic burden resulting from illness, disability, and premature death is of major importance in the allocation of health care resources and in the evaluation of health research and programs. This article updates the 1963 and 1972 studies of the costs of illness. In 1980, the estimated total economic costs of illness were $455 billion: $211 billion for direct costs, $68 billion for morbidity, and $176 billion for mortality. Diseases of the circulatory system and injuries and poisonings were the most costly, with variations in the diagnostic distributions among the three types of costs and by age and sex.
ISSN:0195-8631
1554-9887