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Title [sv]
Hjärta och smärta
Title [en]
Heart and pain
Abstract [en]
This study estimates the cost burden associated with six major illnesses among Americans age 65 or older: chronic lung disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal illness. These illnesses were selected because of their relatively high impact among older populations and because they include environmental exposures as a significant risk factor. A prevalence-based cost-of-illness approach was applied. Medical costs were estimated from Medicare claims data in 2000. Productivity losses were estimated through regression analyses of National Health Interview Survey data and using age-specific earnings and household production estimates. Estimated costs range from $0.5 billion (gastrointestinal illness) to almost $60 billion (ischemic heart disease). The combined costs of these conditions among the 65-or-older population in 2000 were almost $135 billion. A simple extrapolation of these cost estimates based on population growth and increases in average medical care prices since 2000 implies that the comparable costs in 2007 were more than $196 billion. With the expectation that these costs will continue to increase significantly as the population ages, priority should be given to prevention strategies such as environmental quality improvements.
Principal Investigator
Ericsson, Urban
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology (1999-2007)
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of ALM (2007-2014)
Uppsala University, University Library (2014-)
Uppsala University, The Svedberg Laboratory
Uppsala University, University Board and Chief Officers v234
Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Mathematics
Stockholm School of Theology, Stockholm School of Human Rights (Closed down 2023-06-14) (1999-2011)
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Japanese
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Psychotherapy (2017-)
Co-Investigator
Ericsson, Urban
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology (1999-2007)
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of ALM (2007-2014)
Uppsala University, University Library (2014-)
Uppsala University, The Svedberg Laboratory
Uppsala University, University Board and Chief Officers v234
Uppsala University, Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Mathematics
Stockholm School of Theology, Stockholm School of Human Rights (Closed down 2023-06-14) (1999-2011)
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Japanese
University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Department of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Psychotherapy (2017-)
Coordinating organisation
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media
Funder
Hjärt-Lungfonden
Period
2018-12-01 - 2018-12-31
Keywords [sv]
hjärta, smärta
Keywords [en]
heart, pain
National Category
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:17082
Project, id: D31512
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