Patterns of Health Care Costs Associated With Depression and Substance Abuse in a National Sample

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin G. Druss ◽  
Robert A. Rosenheck
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Care Costs

Physical Activity and Changes in Health Care Costs in Late Middle Age

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. S6-S19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Andreyeva ◽  
Roland Sturm
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lower Health ◽  
Sample Age ◽  
Care Costs

Background:Physical activity has clear health benefits but there remains uncertainty about how it affects health care costs.Objective:To examine how physical activity is associated with changes in health expenditure for a national sample age 54 to 69 y, and estimate how this association varies across people with different chronic diseases and health behaviors.Methods:Data were from the Health and Retirement Study, a national longitudinal survey of late middle age Americans.Results:Correcting for baseline differences in active and inactive groups, physical activity was associated with reduced health care costs of about 7% over 2 y (or $483 annually).Conclusions:Regular physical activity in late middle age may lower health expenditure over time, and the effect is likely to be more pronounced for the obese, smokers, and individuals with some baseline health problems. While substantially large for the health care system, our estimates are much smaller than health-unadjusted comparisons or cross-sectional effects.

Generic Drug Use Helps Curb Health Care Costs

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
ALICIA AULT
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Generic Drug ◽  
Care Costs
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