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Abstracts tagged "health care cost and musculoskeletal disorders"

  • Abstract Number: 98 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Costs of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States, 1996-2011: Population Growth, Population Aging, Health Care Utilization, or Prices?

    Edward H. Yelin1, Miriam G. Cisternas2, Laura Trupin3 and Stuart Gansky4, 1Arthritis Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2MGC Data Services, Carlsbad, CA, 3Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Medical care costs have been a major concern for public policy for a generation. Concern about costs of musculoskeletal conditions (MUSC) has been fueled…

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