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spital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among individuals increased with the number of chronic conditions as did the number of impatient admissions for patients with preventable complications. Of the 1.2 million study participants, 459,658 were admitted to the hospital for treatment during the study period.

Study results also showed that the per capita Medicare expenditures increased for beneficiaries with the number of chronic conditions. Expenditures went from $211 for beneficiaries with no chronic conditions, to $2,394 for individuals with two chronic conditions, to $4,701 for those with three chronic conditions, and up to $13,973 for those with four or more chronic conditions.

"We have a medical care system which is not designed to care for people with multiple chronic conditions and we are paying for that failure," said Dr. Anderson.

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Contact: Tim Parsons
paffairs@jhsph.edu
410-955-6878
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
11-Nov-2002

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