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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2017 Jan 25;135(10):e146–e603. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000485

Chart 27-2. The 23 leading diagnoses for direct health expenditures, United States, average annual 2012 to 2013 (in billions of dollars).

Chart 27-2

COPD indicates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and GI, gastrointestinal (tract).

Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; estimates are from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and exclude nursing home costs.