Mental disorders top the list of the most costly conditions in the United States: $201 Billion

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1130-1135

  Roehrig, Charles ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INJURY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973472621     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1659     Document Type: Article

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