Titre :
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Estimating the costs of medicalization. (2010)
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Auteurs :
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Peter CONRAD ;
Thomas MACKIE ;
MEHROTRA (Ateev) : USA. Rand Corporation. Pittsburgh. PA. ;
Department of Sociology. Ms-71. Brandeis University. Waltham. MA. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 70, n° 12, 2010)
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Pagination :
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1943-1947
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Estimation
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Coût
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Economie santé
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Dépense
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Homme
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Amérique
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Médicalisation
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 7sHER0xl. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Medicalization is the process by which non-medical problems become defined and treated as medical problems, usually as illnesses or disorders. There has been growing concern with the possibility that medicalization is driving increased health care costs. In this paper we estimate the medical spending in the U.S. of identified medicalized conditions at approximately $77 billion in 2005,3.9% of total domestic expenditures on health care. This estimate is based on the direct costs associated with twelve medicalized conditions. Although due to data limitations this estimate does not include all medicalized conditions, it can inform future debates about health care spending and medicalization.
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