Patterns in US medical expenditures and utilization for injury, 1987.
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 86 (1) , 89-93
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.86.1.89
Abstract
This article is based on data released in 1991/93 from the 1987. National Medical Expenditure Survey. Medical spending and utilization patterns are analyzed for 13 major categories of injury. Medical spending on injury in 1987 was $64.7 billion in 1993 dollars. Nonhospitalized medically treated injuries averaged $571 in medical spending per case, $181 per visit, and 3.2 visits per injury. The prevalence-based survey estimate of medical spending on injuries during 1987 is 10% lower than the incidence-based estimates of lifetime medical spending resulting from injuries in 1985.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Medical-care spending--United States.1994
- The cost of medical care for injuries to childrenAnnals of Emergency Medicine, 1991
- The economic impact of injuries: a major source of medical costs.American Journal of Public Health, 1990
- The Economic Impact of Traumatic InjuriesJAMA, 1988
- The economic impact of traumatic injuries. One-year treatment-related expendituresJAMA, 1988