This statistic depicts the average costs of selected chronic diseases in the United States by type of medical facility as of 2014. At this time cancer hospital outpatient treatment cost an average of 3,060 U.S. dollars. In 2015, an estimated 33 percent of adults in the U.S. who had trouble paying medical bills had trouble paying such bills because bills for treatment for a chronic illness had built up over time.
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Chronic disease costs in the United States as of 2014, by type of medical facility
(in U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Hospital outpatient
Hospital inpatient
Emergency room visits
Prescribed medicines
Home health
Any service
Heart conditions
1,215
20,831
1,839
583
-
4,648
Cancer
3,060
24,401
-
1,544
-
5,705
Diabetes mellitus
683
-
-
127
-
2,334
COPD, asthma
531
13,570
866
612
-
1,357
Osteoarthritis
926
-
-
480
4,751
1,684
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Brookings Institution. (March 12, 2014). Chronic disease costs in the United States as of 2014, by type of medical facility (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/328905/chronic-disease-costs-in-the-us-by-medical-facility-type/
Brookings Institution. "Chronic disease costs in the United States as of 2014, by type of medical facility (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 12, 2014. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328905/chronic-disease-costs-in-the-us-by-medical-facility-type/
Brookings Institution. (2014). Chronic disease costs in the United States as of 2014, by type of medical facility (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328905/chronic-disease-costs-in-the-us-by-medical-facility-type/
Brookings Institution. "Chronic Disease Costs in The United States as of 2014, by Type of Medical Facility (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/328905/chronic-disease-costs-in-the-us-by-medical-facility-type/
Brookings Institution, Chronic disease costs in the United States as of 2014, by type of medical facility (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/328905/chronic-disease-costs-in-the-us-by-medical-facility-type/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Chronic disease costs in the United States as of 2014, by type of medical facility (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Brookings Institution, March 12, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/328905/chronic-disease-costs-in-the-us-by-medical-facility-type/
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