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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Health Care Finance Econ. 2012 Sep 15;12(4):253–267. doi: 10.1007/s10754-012-9113-2

Table 2.

Probability of health shock by disease

New diagnosis N % Hospitalized % Decline in self-
report
% Neither % Both
Nonea 1,457 13% 11% 78% 2%
Any diagnosisb 125 46% 26% 43% 14%
Cancer 72 53% 26% 38% 17%
Congestive heart
failure
2 0 0 100% 0
Stroke 11 73% 36% 18% 27%
Lung disease 35 29% 20% 57% 6%
Angina 9 33% 33% 44% 11%
a

Did not report diagnosis of cancer, stroke, angina, congestive heart failure, or lung disease, during the relevant period.

b

Reported diagnosis of cancer, stroke, angina, congestive heart failure, or lung disease, during the relevant period.