Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Title:

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

Product type:

Statistical Brief 222

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date:

September 17, 2008

Description:

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, more than one-third (35.6 percent) of the arthritis related expenditures were on ambulatory care.

Author(s):

Anita Soni

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source:

Web only

MEPS Topics:

Doctor Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Medical Conditions, Medical Expenditures, Office-Based Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Outpatient Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescribed Drug Use/Events and Expenditures , Priority Conditions -- Arthritis, Priority Conditions -- General

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