77 Followers. A. RDW stands for the red blood cell distribution width. This is a standard reported measure on a complete blood count (CBC) lab test. It measures the variability in red blood cell size. In the normal state, red blood cells are continually being produced and removed from the blood at a steady rate.. RDW stands for the red blood cell distribution width. This is a standard reported measure on a complete blood count (CBC) lab test.
Forexample, a person with heart disease is burdened by huge expenses, including diagnostictests, surgery, hospital and doctorsâ visits, physical therapy, and costly drugs. Aconservative estimate of these costs for just one person is $121,200 over 20 years.heaverage cost of a cardiac catheterization in 1992 was $10,880. â¢ An estimated 598,000 coronary artery bypasses were performed on 367,000 patientsin 1996. â¢ From 1979 to 1996, the number of bypass procedures increased 424.6 percent. â¢ The average cost of coronary artery bypass surgery in 1995 was $44,820.
1 Total per-person health costs are higher among women than men ($8,331 versus $7,458), and lower among Hispanics ($5,930) than among whites ($8,101) and blacks ($9,540). 2  The per-person cost of medical care attributed to diabetes was $6,649 in 2007 and $7,900 in 2012, a 19 percent increase. Most (62 percent) of the cost for diabetes care in the United States is provided by government insurance (including Medicare, Medicaid and the military).