Spending on Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the United States: 1996 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spending on cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors (cardiovascular spending) accounts for a significant portion of overall US health care spending. Our objective was to describe US adult cardiovascular spending patterns in 2016, changes from 1996 to 2016, and factors associated with changes over time.

Methods

We extracted information on adult cardiovascular spending from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's disease expenditure project, which combines data on insurance claims, emergency department and ambulatory care visits, inpatient and nursing care facility stays, and drug prescriptions to estimate >85% of all US health care spending. Cardiovascular spending (2016 US dollars) was stratified by age, sex, type of care, payer, and cardi

SUBMITTER: Birger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8316421 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature