The most common chronic diseases are costing the U.S. more than $1 trillion per year-- which is expected to increase to $6 trillion by the middle of the century.
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DeVol, Ross, Armen Bedroussian, Anita Charuworn, Anusuya Chatterjee, In Kyu Kim, Soojung Kim, and Kevin Klowden . An Unhealthy America: The economic burden of chronic disease. The Milken Institute. October 2007. [ Permalink ] |