COPD Costs
COPD Costs
Costs attributable to having COPD were $32.1 billion in 2010 with a projected increase to $49.0 billion by 2020.
Medicare paid 51% of those costs with 25% paid by Medicaid and 18% paid by private insurance in 2010.
51%
Medicare
25%
Medicaid
18%
Private Insurance
$3.9
Billion
Total absenteeism costs were $3.9 billion in 2010 with an estimated 16.4 million days of work lost because of COPD
State medical costs attributable to COPD ranged from $42.5 million in Alaska to $2.5 billion in Florida in 2010.
www.cdc.gov/copd
Page last reviewed: February 21, 2018