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posted by martyb on Monday October 08 2018, @06:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-you-think-healthcare-is-expensive,-try-going-without-it dept.

A new analysis by researchers from Brown University and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation has found that nonfatal injuries in the U.S. in the year 2013 cost more than $1.8 trillion.

And nearly all injures are preventable, said Dr. Mark Zonfrillo, an associate professor at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital.

The study, led by Zonfrillo, found that in 2013 about one in 10 individuals in the U.S. was treated for an injury at a hospital, resulting in an annual cost of $1.853 trillion. The findings were published on Monday, Oct. 8, in the journal Injury Epidemiology.

Annual price tag for non-fatal injuries in the US tops $1.8 trillion

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  • (Score: 2) by ledow on Tuesday October 09 2018, @07:21AM (1 child)

    by ledow (5567) on Tuesday October 09 2018, @07:21AM (#746322) Homepage

    "For 2015/16, the overall NHS budget was around £116.4 billion" ($152.2bn).

    Seriously, guys, wake up.

    Your "non-fatal" healthcare costs TEN TIMES AS MUCH as our ENTIRE healthcare for the whole country that we give to everyone for free (you can pay if you like, but on top of basic care).

    For a country that has a population which is only one fifth of your own.

    However you look at it, you're paying AT LEAST twice as much as you should be doing because of your ridiculous system.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @09:48AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @09:48AM (#746353)

    However you look at it, you're paying AT LEAST twice as much as you should be doing because of your ridiculous system.

    Correction: our health care industry is raking in AT LEAST twice as much profit. The system is working as intended.