Costs of Occupational Circulatory Disease

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• Personal Author:
  Leigh JP ; Schnall P
• Description:
  Circulatory diseases (CDs) - heart attack, stroke, and high blood pressure (BP), among others-are responsible for more deaths than any other disease or injury in the U.S. Rice, et al. estimated that these diseases generated more costs than any other disease or injury. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) estimated the cost to be $189 billion in 1992 and $274 billion in 1998. This represents an increase in costs of more than 5% per year. Few estimates of the numbers of deaths and costs of occupational CDs are available, however. This is unfortunate, because we need some way to assess the magnitude of the burden. Moreover, costs have become a critical factor in the national debate on medical care. Our purpose in this study is to incorporate the best methods from prior studies to generate estimates of deaths, new disease incidence, and costs, and present a sensitivity analysis that demonstrates how our estimates vary with varying assumptions. In particular, we consider how costs vary as the allowable age ranges increase from 65 to 75, and the allowable range of diseases expands to include all circulatory diseases as opposed to just those that have been extensively studied. Assumptions about percentage of the population exposed to job strain, vulnerable ages, and eligible ICD9 code are all new in this paper. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Epidemiology Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Blood Pressure Circulatory System Costs Heart Attacks Heart Disease Hypertension Job Stress Occupational Diseases
• ISSN:
  0885-114X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  257-267
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058189
• Citation:
  Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 2000 Jan-Mar; 15(1):257-267
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:adf4d86451761333d734b2a68ae0dfe9e7fa89d46ce46dd62cdaa86b11278e2a4febe552a996ba706c884d87ac95e03464fceb7ed062dc60dcd44ff76f01d55a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221324/cdc_221324_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.07 MB ]