- $108 billion per annum.*
- $65 billion – in direct costs.
- $43 billion – indirect costs.
- 2012 estimation – published in 2013.
- Data from 197 countries were included (or 98.7% of the global population base).
- Cost expected to rise further with aging/rapidly populations globally.
*Analysis published online on ‘US National Library of Medicine (NLM)’.