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While medical innovations and public health gains in the past century have been measurable in leaps and bounds, significant progress against acute disease has revealed an equally enormous challenge--chronic disease on an unprecendented scale. People are living longer than ever before and are increasingly facing chronic conditions that often require ongoing, expensive medical care. The toll imposed by chronic disease is high and paid in both human and economic terms.
Those living with chronic disease often experience a significiant reduction in their quality of life as physical, emotional, and financial burdens take their toll. Even worse, almost half of those with a chronic condition have more than one. With chronic disease also often come functional limitations, dependency, and increased medical bills. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurological disease, and diabetes account for a hugely disproportionate share of the U.S. health care burden, and with chronic disease prevalence expected to grow at a faster rate than the population as a whole, the forecast is daunting.
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The number of people with Parkinson's disease in the U.S. is expected to double between 2005 and 2030.
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Dorsey, E. Ray, Radu Constantinescu, Joel P. Thompson, Kevin M. Biglan, Robert G. Holloway, Karl Kieburtz, Fred J. Marshall, Bernard M. Ravina, Giovanni Schifitto, Andrew Siderowf, and Caroline M. Tanner. "Projected Number of People with Parkinson Disease in the Most Populous Nations, 2005 Through 2030". Neurology. Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 384-6. [ Permalink ] |
Between 2010 and 2050, the total costs of caring for Americans with Alzheimer's disease--age 65 and older--will increase 5-fold--from $172 billion to $1.08 trillion each year. These figures include the direct costs of care for all payers (Medicare, Medicaid, individuals with out-of-pocket costs, private insurance, HMOs, other managed care organzations, and uncompensated care). They do not include the value of unpaid care provided by family and other caregivers--estimated at $144 billion in 2009.
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Alzheimer's Association. Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer's Disease: A National Imperative. Washington, D.C.: Alzheimer's Association. May 2010. [ Permalink ] |
Around half of all nursing home residents rely on Medicaid to help pay for their care. In 2010, Medicaid costs for the nursing home care of Alzheimer's patients will be $30 billion. Without a treatment breakthrough, this cost will rise to $150 billion in 2050.
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Alzheimer's Association. Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer's Disease: A National Imperative. Washington, D.C.: Alzheimer's Association. May 2010. [ Permalink ] |
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