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Table 4 Ratio of total cost of care to country-specific total health expenditure per capita (Int$), summary statistics

From: The economic burden of cardiovascular disease and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

NCD category

Min

Median

Max

No studies

Annual cost of care

 coronary heart disease

1.46

10.02

27.83

5

 generic CVD

0.01

0.96

3.29

4

 chronic heart failure

5.59

9.41

56.98

3

 hypertension

0.01

0.68

5.89

10

 stroke

1.48

12.70

472.48

9

Cost per episode

 coronary heart disease

0.26

12.73

143.38

14

 generic CVD

0.17

4.07

47.20

4

 hypertension

0.09

3.84

52.63

8

 stroke

0.72

10.44

497.06

16