Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) cost the healthcare system around 14,750 million in 2003, which works out a cost per person of just below 250. 76% of these costs were towards hospital healthcare and 18% can be accounted for by drugs and dispensing. Coronary Heart disease (CHD) cost the healthcare system around 3,500 million in 2003, which works out a cost per person of just below 60. 79% of these costs were put towards hospital care and 16% towards drugs and dispensing. There are also non healthcare costs including those from Production losses from death and illness in those who were in employment. Informal care of people with the disease greatly adds to the financial burden. In 2003, CVD related production losses stood at 6,200 million due to mortality and morbidity, with approximately 60% of this cost specifically due to death and 40% due to illness in those of working age. The cost of informal care for people with CVD was just over 4,800 million in 2003. In 2003, production losses due to mortality and morbidity associated with CHD cost over 3,100 million, with around 30% of this cost specifically due to death and 70% due to illness in those of working age, stalling by 10% when compared to previous costs in 2002. The cost of informal care for people with CHD was around 1,250 million in 2003.
Question: The overall healthcare system costs for CHD and CVD increased by at least 49.1% when compared to the overall production losses
Options:
A. true, B. false, C. uncertain
Answer: A