Healthcare Expenditures for Heart Disease Among Adults Aged 18 and Older

In 2020, heart disease accounted for 20.6 percent of deaths in the United States, and about 6.1 percent of annual healthcare expenditures for adults in the civilian noninstitutionalized population were for the treatment of heart disease.

Healthcare Expenditures for Heart Disease among Adults Aged 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, a statistical brief from AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, examines the receipt of any treatment for heart disease by select characteristics of the population, presents healthcare expenditures on heart disease by type of medical service, and examines the share of expenses by service categories and sources of payment among adults in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population .

Highlights:

• In 2020, about 1 of every 12 adults aged 18 and older received any heart disease treatment. The percentage of adults who received any heart disease treatment was highest among those aged 65 and older, higher among non-Hispanic Whites than among other racial/ethnic groups, and also higher among those in poor/low-income families than those in middle- or high-income families.
• Annual healthcare expenditures for the treatment of heart disease for adults in the civilian noninstitutionalized population totaled $114.9 billion in 2020 (a mean of $5,540 per adult treated for heart disease).
• Inpatient hospital care accounted for the largest proportion of annual medical spending for heart disease.
• Medicare and private health insurance combined paid about four-fifths of the medical spending for heart disease.

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