Chronic Conditions Drive Costs

46%

76%

54%

24%

0

20

40

60

80

100%

Population

(Noninstitutionalized)

Costs

Acute

Chronic

Percent

Source: Reprinted with permission from Journal of the American Medical Association, November 13, 1996, Vol. 276, pp. 1473–1479, Copyright 1996, American Medical Association.

Persons

With Chronic Conditions Cost $659B

in 1990

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