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. 2013 Aug 8;13:55. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-55

Table 4.

Societal costs of ACS from 2004 to 2009

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Societal costs ($ million)
659.9
(100.0%)
718.1
(100.0%)
840.5
(100.0%)
880.6
(100.0%)
864.8
(100.0%)
918.2
(100.0%)
 Direct costs
272.4
(41.2%)
299
(41.6%)
364.8
(43.4%)
435.7
(49.5%)
402.8
(46.6%)
436.7
(47.6%)
  Medical costs
265.5
(40.2%)
291.2
(40.5%)
356.3
(42.3%)
425
(48.3%)
392.1
(45.4%)
425.3
(46.3%)
  Inpatient
227.6
(34.5%)
248
(34.5%)
305.8
(36.3%)
366.6
(41.6%)
334.8
(38.7%)
357.5
(38.9%)
  Outpatient
37.9
(5.7%)
43.2
(6.0%)
50.5
(6.0%)
58.4
(6.7%)
57.3
(6.7%)
67.8
(7.4%)
  Non-medical costs
6.9
(1.0%)
7.8
(1.1%)
8.5
(1.1%)
10.6
(1.2%)
10.7
(1.2%)
11.4
(1.3%)
  Transportation
4.2
(0.6%)
4.9
(0.7%)
5.5
(0.7%)
7.1
(0.8%)
7.2
(0.8%)
7.9
(0.9%)
  Caregiving
2.7
(0.4%)
2.9
(0.4%)
3
(0.4%)
3.5
(0.4%)
3.4
(0.4%)
3.5
(0.4%)
 Indirect costs
387.5
(58.8%)
419.1
(58.4%)
475.7
(56.6%)
444.9
(50.5%)
462
(53.4%)
481.5
(52.4%)
  Lost wage due to morbidity
10.3
(1.6%)
11.9
(1.7%)
13.9
(1.7%)
16.7
(1.9%)
16.9
(2.0%)
16
(1.7%)
  Lost future income 377.2 (57.2%) 407.3 (56.7%) 461.8 (54.9%) 428.2 (48.6%) 445.1 (51.4%) 465.6 (50.7%)