Table 4 Costs for the 12 included NCDs and the five highest cost multimorbidity combinations.

From: Incidence, prevalence and characteristics of multimorbidity in different age groups among urban hospitalized patients in China

Average annual costs

Outpatient

Inpatient

Total

NCD

Cancer

$3,066

$16,965

$20,031

Chronic kidney disease

$4,749

$9,553

$14,302

Arthritis

$618

$7,592

$8,210

Hypertension

$757

$7,339

$8,096

Hyperlipidemia

$628

$6,975

$7,603

Liver disease

$709

$6,169

$6,878

  1. NCD noncommunicable disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.