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Chart 1. Percent of Total Health Care Expenses Incurred by Different Percentiles of U.S. Population: 2002
Research in Action, Issue 19
Source: Conwell LJ, Cohen JW. Characteristics of people with high medical expenses in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2002. Statistical Brief #73. March 2005. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Web site: http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st73/stat73.pdf. Accessed April 7, 2006.
Note: Figures in parentheses are expenses per person.
Internet Citation: Chart 1. Percent of Total Health Care Expenses Incurred by Different Percentiles of U.S. Population: 2002: Research in Action, Issue 19.
June 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/costs/expriach/expriach1.html
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