- Average cost to treat any CVD – RS 2.5 Lakh – Study at AIIMS*
- Per day per bed cost – around Rs 28K (Cardiac Care Unit).
- Cost to treat Rheumatic Heart Disease – highest.
- CVDs treatment cost – more than double – of treatment cost of other diseases – same age/same sex.
- $236 billion – WHO assessment – spent by India on CVDs – between 2005 and 2015.
WHO/*Study done at AIIMS (April 2017 to June 2018) – research paper online on ‘US National Library of Medicine (NLM)’
