Not Signed In - Cost Of Arthritis Dramatically Increases, Reaching $128 Billion Annually
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:00 AM EST
... Forty-six million Americans are currently living with arthritis, the nation's leading cause of disability, and paying a high price for it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced that the annual cost of arthritis to the United States economy was $128 billion in 2003 and increased by $20 billion between 1997 and 2003. [click link for full article] ...
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