New Study: Low Back and Neck Pain Tops U.S. Health Spending

Last Updated March 3, 2020

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Americans in 2016 spent an estimated $380 billion on low back and neck pain, as well as on joint and limb pain, and other musculoskeletal disorders—the highest expenditure of any health condition.

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