20 diagnoses with the highest share of people with persistently high healthcare spending in 2015

1. HIV infection: 61.6%
2. Multiple sclerosis: 61.6%
3. Cystic fibrosis: 57.6%
4. Multiple myeloma: 48.1%
5. Secondary malignancies: 47.7%
6. Cancer of liver: 39.9%
7. Cancer of pancreas: 38.0%
8. Malignant neoplasm: 32.6%
9. Cancer of other GI organs; peritoneum: 32.2%
10. Chemotherapy; radiotherapy: 31.8%
11. Aspiration pneumonitis: food/vomitus: 30.0%
12. Rheumatoid arthritis: 29.2%
13. Cancer of bronchus: lung: 28.5%
14. Leukemias: 27.4%
15. Regional enteritis and ulcerative colitis: 26.6%
16. Respiratory failure: 26.1%
17. Acute and unspecified renal failure: 25.6%
18. Cancer of rectum and anus: 24.2%
19. Septicemia (except in labor): 22.2%
20. Cancer of brain and nervous system: 22.1%

Notes: From an article entitled, "A look at people who have persistently high spending on health care"
Source: Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker/Kaiser Family Foundation, July 22, 2019
Source URL: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/a-look-at-people-w...

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