Depression Increases Stroke Hospitalization Cost: An Analysis of 17,010 Stroke Patients in 2008 by Race and Gender

Table 2

Three stroke group cost by race and gender, 2008.

	Stroke only S°, n = 7,850; age = 71; entire 2008 cost = $47,790				Stroke + Dep S^+D, n = 3,965; age = 68; entire 2008 cost = $77,864*				Stroke + other ment S^+M,; n = 5,195; age = 69; entire 2008 cost = $62,387
	WF	WM	BF	BM	WF	WM	BF	BM	WF	WM	BF	BM
Mean age	75	71	64	61	71	67	62	61	73	67	65	61
HTN%	84	83	91	91	87	89	96	93	83	83	91	92
Diabetes%	31	36	48	47	34	42	55	48	30	32	42	36
CHF%	17	15	17	21	23	25	26	29	20	19	22	20
MI%	2.9	3.3	3.4	3.5	4.4	6.5	3.4	7.5	5.0	4.2	4.1	6.4
Atrial fibrillation	31*	30	22	23	32	36	24	31	32*	30	26	24
Hospital days	8.1	7.8	12.7	12.8	15.7	20.2	21.9	24.6	11.6	12.2	16.9	15.6
Number of Admissions	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	3.0	3.6	2.9	3.2	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.3
Comorb Index^++	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.9*	1.6	1.9	2.1	2.3*	1.7	1.8	1.9*	1.7
Total stroke cost combined $	27,601	28,926	39,500	40,866*	31,369	32,488	39,482*	37,773	29,630	34,209	44,914*	43,140
Annual cost for all 2008 admissions $	42,329	46,210	63,072	64,622*	68,184	88,115	95,269	97,196*	53,575	61,155	80,849*	77,076

∗Differences significant at 𝑃<0.001; ⁺⁺Charlson Comorbidity Index—higher score denote greater number of comorbid conditions.