@article{ref1,
title="The most expensive medical conditions in America",
journal="Health affairs (Project Hope)",
year="2002",
author="Pincus, Harold Alan and Olfson, Mark and Marcus, Steven C. and Druss, Benjamin G.",
volume="21",
number="4",
pages="105-111",
abstract="This study uses a nationally representative survey to identify the most expensive conditions in the United States and to examine the association between spending and disability. The most expensive conditions at a population level were ischemic heart disease and motor vehicle accidents; at the per capita level they were respiratory malignancies. There was not a significant association between rank order of treatment costs and disability; the conditions with the greatest disability relative to expenditures were mood disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and arthropathies. We use the findings to discuss the role for cost-of-illness and burden-of-disease estimates in setting priorities.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-2715",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}