STROKE's DIRECT COSTS WERE $17 BIL IN 1993 IN U.S.
Executive Summary
STROKE's DIRECT COSTS WERE $17 BIL IN 1993 IN U.S., according to David Matchar, MD, Duke University, head researcher of an HHS Agency for Health Care Policy & Research-funded PORT team. The direct cost estimate includes the cost of physician, hospital stay, rehabilitation and equipment. In addition, $13 bil. was spent in 1993 on indirect costs of stroke including "non-medical costs [such as patient's] loss of productivity," bringing the total cost of stroke in 1993 to $30 bil, Matchar said.