title: Medical expenditures for disability and disabling comorbidity.
abstract: Disability and disabling comorbidity place a disproportionately large burden on the health care system. National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey data show that medical care expenditures for noninstitutionalized persons amounted to $154 billion ($691 per capita) in 1980. The medical expenditure per capita for people reporting two or more disabling chronic conditions ($2456) was 5 times the amount incurred by those with no limiting conditions ($486) and more than 1.5 times the amount incurred by those with one limiting condition.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health & Aging, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0612.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: LaPlante
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology