Table 1.
Total Cardiovascular Spending and Aggregated Health Categories. Adult Cardiovascular Spending column is in 2016 $billions. All other columns present percentage of spending.
| Aggregate Age Group (years) | Type of Payer | Type of Care | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spending Rank | Cardiovascular Spending Cause | Adult Cardiovascular Spending, (95% CI) | 20–44 | 45–64 | 65+ | Public | Private | Out-of-pocket | Inpatient | Ambulatory | Nursing care facility | Prescribed pharmaceuticals | Emergency | |
| 1 | Ischemic Heart Disease | 79.8 | (72.3, 85.4) | 4.5 | 38.1 | 57.4 | 54.3 | 41.7 | 3.9 | 55.3 | 26.4 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 5.7 |
| 2 | Hypertension | 70.7 | (65.0, 77.6) | 7.8 | 40.5 | 51.7 | 57.0 | 35.7 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 66.8 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 6.2 |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 37.6 | (33.8, 42.1) | 6.4 | 29.5 | 64.1 | 56.4 | 31.8 | 11.8 | 53.0 | 5.0 | 36.4 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| 4 | Heart Failure | 35.0 | (32.5, 38.0) | 11.1 | 28.5 | 60.4 | 65.1 | 26.8 | 8.1 | 54.8 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 10.2 | 4.9 |
| 5 | Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter | 25.6 | (22.1, 30.4) | 2.2 | 22.6 | 75.2 | 56.4 | 36.2 | 7.4 | 33.1 | 32.6 | 16.9 | 11.7 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Hyperlipidemia | 23.6 | (21.7, 26.3) | 6.7 | 44.5 | 48.8 | 49.1 | 43.0 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 36.7 | 5.2 | 50.9 | 0.5 |
| 7 | Other Cardiovascular Disease | 22.6 | (19.6, 26.0) | 13.0 | 35.5 | 51.5 | 53.9 | 41.6 | 4.6 | 47.9 | 41.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 8 | Endocarditis | 10.2 | (5.1, 33.8) | 4.0 | 39.8 | 56.2 | 52.4 | 44.6 | 3.0 | 87.8 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Peripheral Arterial Disease | 6.3 | (5.5, 7.2) | 1.8 | 32.6 | 65.6 | 62.7 | 32.0 | 5.2 | 62.8 | 13.2 | 22.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| 10 | Aortic Aneurysm | 5.0 | (4.5, 5.5) | 10.4 | 30.3 | 59.3 | 63.1 | 34.4 | 2.5 | 89.3 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 11 | Rheumatic Heart Disease | 3.8 | (1.4, 5.0) | 6.7 | 14.9 | 78.4 | 67.0 | 30.4 | 2.6 | 87.1 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 |