@article{ref1,
title="Aging, sex, and cost of medical treatment",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2013",
author="Kim, Hyun and Moline, Jacqueline and Dropkin, Jonathan",
volume="55",
number="5",
pages="572-578",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: Association between medical cost from workplace injuries and aging and its effect modification by sex were examined. METHODS:: Medical costs reimbursed from workers' compensation between 2003 and 2009 were used. A multiple zero-truncated negative binomial regression predicted percent changes in medical cost. Cubic regression spline smoothers tested effect modification. RESULTS:: Reimbursed medical costs comprised 3452 claims. Medical costs increased with aging; however, the trends differ by sex. Medical cost increase after 10 years of age increase was 27% among men (95% CI = 17% to 38%) and was 15% among women (12% to 22%). Medical cost spent among the youngest women was higher than that for the oldest men. The ratio of cost between the oldest women and oldest men was double. CONCLUSIONS:: Prioritizing controls for injuries in hospitals should focus on women and aging workers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e318289eeda",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318289eeda"
}