Health Care Expenditures for the Five Most Common Children’s Conditions, 2008: Estimates for U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Children, Ages 0-17

December 15, 2011 In December 2011, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published the statistical brief with data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) on health care expenditures for the five most common children’s conditions for U.S. civilian non-institutionalized children between ages 0 to 17 years. The report included acute bronchitis, asthma, trauma-related disorders, otitis media, and mental disorders as the five most commonly treated conditions. These conditions were determined by totaling the number of children who had expenses for care associated with each condition in 2008 and ranking them. According to the report, while . . .