Patients have become more complex, and those with multiple chronic conditions are increasing.1 - 6
Such estimates rarely include obesity, however, which affects nearly 40 % of American adults, 7 and incorporating these rising obesity rates means most patients have comorbid diagnoses.
While
such crashes
rarely result in fatalities, the consequences of whiplash injuries have a huge impact on individuals and on society, with an
estimated annual cost of some $ 10 billion in Europe.