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Engaging and Empowering Consumers

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Engaging and Empowering Consumers: Chronic Disease

Expenditures for the Top Five Most Costly Conditions, 2000 and 2004

Expenditures for the top five costly conditions increased from $227 billion in 2000 to $311 billion in 2004, an increase of 37 percent.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2007) The Five Most Costly Conditions, 2000 and 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, March 2007


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