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Desai - Figure 3
Increasing Costs of Care
The growth of HF in the population is associated with an increasing burden of cost to the American healthcare system. The current cost of HF is estimated to be around $30 billion annually, and this is projected to double, to $60 billion annually, by 2030.[1] Nearly 80% of the direct cost associated with HF care is associated with hospitalization. Hospitalization for HF is the leading cause of hospitalization in the Medicare-age population in the United States, and readmissions for HF are increasingly a target of both payers and patients for improving the quality of care in the US system.
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