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. 2015 Feb 12;148(1):138–150. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-2434

TABLE 3 ] .

Total Medical Costs by Comorbidity and Number of Comorbidities

Comorbidity Total All-Cause Health-care Costs Total All-Cause Hospitalization Costs Total COPD- or Asthma-Related Health-care Costs
All Patients 21,752.8 (28,846.3) 5,523.4 (26,365.2) 3,993.5 (7,283.1)
CKD 41,288.4 (43,468.0) 15,817.1 (50,265.7) 5,117.0 (9,467.0)
CVD 31,734.3 (36,115.8) 10,508.1 (38,004.4) 4,996.9 (9,191.6)
Asthma 25,092.5 (30,739.5) 7,314.5 (29,846.2) 5,389.3 (10,379.6)
Depression 31,661.8 (36,407.5) 10,171.5 (39,321.6) 4,802.1 (9,649.0)
Diabetes 29,245.7 (33,987.8) 8,797.6 (35,505.2) 4,304.6 (8,020.2)
Osteoporosis 26,084.1 (30,715.4) 6,283.6 (26,798.3) 4,995.5 (9,195.7)
Anemia 38,870.3 (42,916.3) 14,101.7 (48,623.3) 4,987.0 (9,565.7)
No. of comorbidities
 0 12,978.3 (18,544.5) 1,834.9 (12,398.5) 3,169.2 (5,254.8)
 1 19,535.8 (24,511.6) 4,077.2 (19,861.6) 3,837.1 (6,658.8)
 2 27,648.7 (31,173.8) 7,607.7 (29,582.7) 4,527.2 (7,937.8)
 3 37,991.4 (38,451.0) 12,681.3 (40,038.7) 5,485.0 (9,962.4)
 ≥ 4 56,641.9 (50,207.4) 26,006.7 (68,846.1) 6,987.6 (13,797.4)

Data are presented as mean (SD). Costs are from index date through 360 d after the index date and are in 2012 US dollars. See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviations.