The Bureau of Economic Analysis analyzed healthcare spending by disease from 2000 to 2010. Here's the percentage of total spending for each disease category:
|
Disease Type
|
Percentage Spent
|
|
Circulatory conditions
|
13.6%
|
|
Prevention, colds, basic care
|
12.0%
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
9.9%
|
|
Respiratory
|
8.4%
|
|
Endocrine
|
7.3%
|
|
Nervous
|
7.0%
|
|
Cancers
|
6.7%
|
|
Genitourinary
|
6.4%
|
|
Injury
|
6.4%
|
|
Digestive
|
5.9%
|
|
Mental Health
|
4.6%
|
|
Infectious Disease
|
3.4%
|
|
Skin conditions
|
2.2%
|
|
Pregnancy/birth
|
2.2%
|
|
Other
|
4.1%
|
No comments:
Post a Comment