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Asthma Total Paid <br />Approximately 20 million Americans have asthma, according to the American Lunch Association. <br />Direct heaith care costs for asthma in the United States total more than $10 billion annually; <br />indirect costs (lost productivity) add another $8 billion for a total of $18 billion. <br />Methodology <br />The ciaims for this specific disease, identified by ICD9 and/or CPT codes, have been included in <br />this exhibit. <br />Benchmarks <br />• Entire Group I 40,000 <br />Entire Group <br />36,000 <br />32,000 <br />28,000 <br />24,000 <br />20,000 <br />16,000 <br />12,000 <br />8,000 <br />4.000 <br />0 <br />� � . . .. . � , • . - <br />1 1 1 Entire Group 02/01/06 - O1/31/07 $18,630.19 $7,027.72 165.10% <br />� Entire Group 02/O1/07 - O1/31/08 �38,696.54 $8,058.44 380.20% <br />For More Information <br />Review the trends in total cost of asthma in your population in this exhibit. For more information <br />and resources, contact the American Lung Association (www.lunqusa.org), and the Asthma and <br />Allergy Foundation of America (www.aafa.orq). <br />Copyright �O 2004, 2005 Thomson Medstat. All rights reserved. <br />Copyright c0 2008 Zywave, Inc. � � [21] <br />