What are the estimated direct and indirect costs of heart disease and coronary heart disease?
According to the Thomas Thom, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the estimated direct costs of heart disease are 8.3 billion dollars for drugs/other and home health care, and the estimated indirect costs are all estimates prepared by Thomas Thom, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The estimated direct costs of coronary heart disease are 2.5 billion dollars for drugs/other and home health care, and the estimated indirect costs are all estimates prepared by Thomas Thom, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Additionally, the estimated indirect costs include lost future earnings of persons who will die in 2010, discounted at 3%.