Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 1993

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Direct Costs

Hospital Care Expenditure Table

Hospital Care Expenditure by Diagnostic Category, Canada, 1993

Diagnostic Category	1993 Cost ($1000)	% of Total
Cardiovascular Diseases	4,862,322	18.6
Mental Disorders	3,631,788	13.9
Cancer	2,467,408	9.5
Injuries	2,253,487	8.6
Digestive Diseases	2,093,374	8.0
Respiratory Diseases	1,788,230	6.9
Pregnancy	1,649,707	6.3
Well-patient Care	1,349,205	5.2
Musculoskeletal Diseases	1,285,910	4.9
Genitourinary Diseases	1,075,828	4.1
Nervous System and Sense Organ Diseases	792,862	3.0
Endocrine and Related Diseases	526,785	2.0
Perinatal Conditions	518,012	2.0
Infectious and Parasitic Dieseases	345,071	1.3
Birth Defects	231,923	0.9
Skin and Related Diseases	223,015	0.9
Blood Diseases	156,808	0.6
Ill-defined Conditions	844,567	3.2
Total	26,096,300	100.0
Subcategory
Coronary Heart Disease	1,571,999	6.0
Stroke	1,258,063	4.8
Chronic Bronchitis / Emphysema / Asthma	636,491	2.4
Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents	283,106	1.1
Diabetes	274,621	1.1
Female Cancers	206,068	0.8

Sources

Health Canada, Policy and Consultation Branch.
National health expenditures in Canada, 1975-1994.
Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1996.

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Hospital statistics: preliminary annual report, 1993-94.
Ottawa: Minister of In-dustry, 1996; Catalogue 83-241 XMB.

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
1993/94 total resource intensity weights (RIWs) [Unpublished tabula-tions].

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Hospital morbidity, 1993-94 (Unpub-lished tabulations).

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Mental health statistics, 1993-94.
Ottawa: Minister of Industry, 1996; Cata-logue 83-245 XMB.

Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
Mental health statistics, 1993-94 (Un-published tabulations).

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