Urinary incontinence imposes a significant financial burden on individuals, their families,
and healthcare organizations. For individuals 65 years of age and older these costs are
substantial, increasing from 8.2billion(1984dollars)to 16.4 billion (1993 dollars). Both of
these cost-of-illness estimates, however, relied on data and factors that have changed over
time. This study updates these cost estimates. The 1995 societal cost of incontinence for
individuals aged 65 years and older was 26.3billion,or 3565 per individual with urinary …