| PMC full text: | J Manipulative Physiol Ther. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 Mar 13. Published in final edited form as: J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2013 Jan; 36(1): 2–11. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.12.001 |
Table 2
Biennial national expenditures ($2010) on ambulatory services for back pain among US adults, 2000 to 2007
| MEPS 2-year longitudinal survey years | Total, mean, median, or % (SE)
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2001 | 2001–2002 | 2002–2003 | 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | |
| MEPS panel no.a | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Projected national estimates | |||||||
| All adults, millionsb | 195.3 (16.8) | 199.5 (10.3) | 201.7 (10.3) | 203.5 (10.9) | 204.8 (7.0) | 208.2 (7.5) | 209.7 (5.7) |
| Adults with back pain who received care, millions | 24.4 (2.4) | 27.4 (1.6) | 29.2 (1.8) | 29.7 (1.8) | 31.4 (1.4) | 31.2 (1.4) | 31.6 (1.1) |
| Percentage of all adults | 12.5 (0.5) | 13.7 (0.4) | 14.5 (0.4) | 14.6 (0.4) | 15.3 (0.5) | 15.0 (0.5) | 15.1 (0.4) |
| Adults with back pain—no inpatient care, millions | 23.5 (2.3) | 26.5 (1.5) | 28.0 (1.7) | 28.6 (1.8) | 30.6 (1.4) | 30.3 (1.4) | 30.3 (1.1) |
| Percentage of all adults | 12.0 (0.5) | 13.3 (0.4) | 13.9 (0.4) | 14.1 (0.4) | 14.9 (0.5) | 14.6 (0.4) | 14.5 (0.4) |
| Percentage of those who received care | 96.1 (0.7) | 96.6 (0.5) | 95.9 (0.6) | 96.5 (0.5) | 97.3 (0.5) | 97.1 (0.4) | 96.0 (0.6) |
| Mean expenditure per adult with back pain ($) | 1146 (79) | 1358 (66) | 1392 (83) | 1477 (91) | 1715 (110) | 1520 (100) | 1742 (130) |
| Median expenditure per adult with back pain ($) | 406 | 431 | 438 | 478 | 550 | 531 | 499 |
| Adults with chronicc back pain, millions | 7.0 (0.8) | 8.0 (0.6) | 9.3 (0.7) | 9.4 (0.7) | 11.6 (0.7) | 10.4 (0.6) | 11.3 (0.6) |
| Percentage of all adults | 4.0 (0.3) | 4.6 (0.2) | 5.2 (0.3) | 5.3 (0.3) | 6.3 (0.4) | 5.7 (0.3) | 6.1 (0.3) |
| Mean expenditure per adult with chronic back pain ($) | 2235 (188) | 2622 (170) | 2701 (213) | 2790 (195) | 3161 (241) | 2789 (236) | 3152 (313) |
| Median expenditure per adult with chronic back pain ($) | 1121 | 1285 | 1242 | 1327 | 1535 | 1293 | 1149 |
| Total expenditures on chronic back pain, $ billions | 15.6 (1.5) | 21.0 (1.6) | 25.1 (2.5) | 26.3 (2.2) | 36.5 (3.2) | 28.9 (2.7) | 35.7 (3.6) |
| Adults with nonchronicc back pain, millions | 16.5 (1.8) | 18.5 (1.1) | 18.7 (1.2) | 19.2 (1.3) | 19.0 (0.9) | 19.9 (1.0) | 19.0 (0.8) |
| Percentage of all adults | 11.4 (0.5) | 12.3 (0.4) | 12.3 (0.4) | 12.3 (0.4) | 12.7 (0.4) | 12.9 (0.4) | 12.5 (0.4) |
| Mean expenditure per adult with nonchronic back pain ($) | 684 (62) | 810 (50) | 741 (56) | 832 (67) | 836 (47) | 861 (74) | 903 (59) |
| Median expenditure per adult with nonchronic back pain ($) | 237 | 263 | 273 | 281 | 301 | 278 | 273 |
| Total expenditures on nonchronic back pain, $ billions | 11.3 (1.5) | 15.0 (1.0) | 13.8 (1.3) | 16.0 (1.4) | 15.9 (1.0) | 17.2 (1.7) | 17.2 (1.3) |
| Total biennial expenditures on back pain, $ billions | 26.9 (2.4) | 36.0 (2.2) | 39.0 (2.8) | 42.3 (2.9) | 52.4 (3.7) | 46.1 (3.5) | 52.8 (4.2) |
bData reported for adults (age ≥18 years at entry into 2-year longitudinal survey) who were inscope with valid data during all 5 rounds of the 5-round data collection.
cChronic defined as MEPS respondents with reported back pain in 3 or more rounds of longitudinal survey; nonchronic defined as MEPS respondents with reported back pain in only 1 or 2 rounds.