The three most deadly diseases for Americans are heart disease, cancer and dementia.
When researchers sought to uncover which of these diseases was most expensive, they came up with a surprising answer.
A study out of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York revealed that the out-of-pocket annual cost of care for a dementia patient was, on average, 80 percent higher than for patients with cancer and heart disease.
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