Stroke statistics - cost and recovery

Total cost of stroke to the United States: estimated at about $43 billion per year
Direct costs for medical care and therapy: estimated at about $28 billion per year
Indirect costs from lost productivity and other factors: estimated at about $15 billion per year
Average cost of care for a patient up to 90 days after a stroke: $15,000
For 10 percent of patients, cost of care for the first 90 days after a stroke: $35,000

Percentage of direct cost of care for the first 90 days:
Initial hospitalization = 43 percent
Rehabilitation = 16 percent
Physician costs = 14 percent
Hospital readmission = 14 percent
Medications and other expenses = 13 percent.

The Effects of a Stroke (from the National Stroke Association):

10 percent of stroke survivors recover almost completely
25 percent recover with minor impairments
40 percent experience moderate to severe impairments that require special care
10 percent require care in a nursing home or other long-term facility
15 percent die shortly after the stroke.

In addition, approximately 14 percent of stroke survivors experience a second stroke in the first year following a stroke.