The Agency for Health Care Quality and Research estimated
spending for the 10 most expensive health conditions as follows: (2005 data)
- $76 billion -heart
conditions
- $72 billion -trauma
disorders
- $70
billion - cancer
- $56 billion -mental
disorders, including depression
- $54 billion -asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- $42 billion - high blood
pressure
- $34 billion -type 2
diabetes
- $34 billion -osteoarthritis
and other joint diseases
- $32 billion -back problems
- $32 billion -normal
childbirth
Interesting List! You can find more tables and interactive data about health care costs at the agency's website. How many of these things can physical therapists help with? I find it interesting that a natural event has made the list.
What I really wonder, however, is how much "back problems" could be reduced by proper management of this condition including direct patient access to physical therapists as opposed to primary care physicians.
ERIC
The Agency for Health Care Quality and Research estimated spending for the 10 most expensive health conditions as follows: (2005 data)
Interesting List! You can find more tables and interactive data about health care costs at the agency's website. How many of these things can physical therapists help with? I find it interesting that a natural event has made the list.
What I really wonder, however, is how much "back problems" could be reduced by proper management of this condition including direct patient access to physical therapists as opposed to primary care physicians.
ERIC