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Table 3 Cost of ischemic stroke to Medicare in SC and the US

From: Marginal costing methods highlight the contributing cost of comorbid conditions in Medicare patients: a quasi-experimental case–control study of ischemic stroke costs

 

2004 SC Stroke costs#

2012 Projected SC stroke costs

2012 Projected US stroke costs

2004 SC Rehab-related stroke costs#

2012 Projected SC Rehab-Related stroke costs

2012 Projected US Rehab-Related stroke costs

Total cost

$81.3 M

$109.5 M

$7,319.3 M

$11.1 M

$15.0 M

$1,000.3 M

Marginal cost

$26.9 M

$36.3 M

$2,424.8 M

$7.9 M

$10.6 M

$710.0 M

Differential

$54.4 M

$73.2 M

$4,894.5 M

$3.2 M

$4.4 M

$290.0 M

  1. *Cost estimates are based on costs and incidence rates using the 2004 Stroke Group from this study and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a million $US dollar.
  2. #The number of 2004 Medicare beneficiaries used to estimate SC costs to Medicare was taken from Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts website (http://www.statehealthfacts.org, accessed on 05/25/2012).
  3. †2012 $US dollars cost projections were calculated using 2004 estimates inflated by Consumer Price Index series CUUR0000SAM2 annual medical care services adjustment (Bureau of Labor Statistics).