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Costs of illness among older adults: An analysis of six major health conditions with significant environmental risk factors

Van Houtven, G., Honeycutt, A.A., Gilman, B., McCall, N.T., Throneburg, W.W., & Sykes, K.E. (September 2008).

Six major illnesses common among Americans age 65 and older cost more than $196 billion in 2007, according to estimates by researchers at RTI International and Environmental Protection Agency's Aging Initiative.

The study estimated the cost burden associated of six major illnesses among Americans age 65 or older: chronic lung disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, pneumonia and gastrointestinal illness. These illnesses are common among older Americans and environmental exposures are a significant risk factor for each of them.

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Permanent Link: doi:10.3768/rtipress.2008.rr.0002.0809

Full Citation: Van Houtven, G., Honeycutt, A.A., Gilman, B., McCall, N.T., Throneburg, W.W., & Sykes, K.E. (September 2008). Costs of illness among older adults: An analysis of six major health conditions with significant environmental risk factors. RTI Press Publication No. RR-0002-0809.

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Abstract

Six major illnesses common among Americans age 65 and older cost more than $196 billion in 2007, according to estimates by researchers at RTI International and Environmental Protection Agency's Aging Initiative.

The study estimated the cost burden associated of six major illnesses among Americans age 65 or older: chronic lung disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, pneumonia and gastrointestinal illness. These illnesses are common among older Americans and environmental exposures are a significant risk factor for each of them.

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