Hospitals’ Cost For The Top 6 Cardiovascular Treatments Nearing $60 Billion, USA

Treating heart attack victims, opening clogged arteries and treating other common cardiovascular conditions cost U.S. hospitals $57.9 billion in 2006 - about 40 percent more than in 1997, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Most of this growth in costs, however, occurred between 1997 and 2003.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on December 11th, 2008