Medicare & Chronic Disease

Chronic conditions drive Medicare spending growth
by Richard Pizzi

A new article in Health Affairs indicates recent annual increases in Medicare spending are the result of outpatient treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, hypertension and kidney disease.

A recent study analyzed data about disease prevalence and level of – and change in – spending on the 10 most expensive conditions in the Medicare population from 1987, 1997 and 2006.

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