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This shows that the City Hospital has spent |1,146.60 for the 

 treatment of 15 cardiac patients sent there, while the Robert W. 

 Long Hospital has spent |6,13G.32 for 46 patients. All this money 

 has not been lost. Some of the patients have recovered suffi- 

 ciently to be able to return to the community in the form of work 

 value received. 



The money spent on some, however, has been lost, for the 

 patients died while in the hospital or soon after leaving. Of the 

 15 cared for at the City Hospital 1 have died. The records show 

 that 20 have died out of the 46 cared for at the Robert W. Long 

 Hospital. 



LOSS TO COMMUNITY THRU DEATH 



Number of Average Total Average Cost Total 



Hospital Patients Days Days Per Day Cost 



City 4 92 368 $1.30 $ 478.40 



Robert W. Long 20 65 1,300 2.20 2,860.00 



Total $3,338.40 



The average number of days spent in the hospital by those 

 who die is greater than the general average. This shows that 

 the expense is greater per patient for those who make no return 

 to the community. This money, |3,338.40, is a total loss. 



Another way of looking at the loss to the community of deaths 

 from heart disease is to count the money expended on the educa- 

 tion of those who die before the productive age. Also the loss of 

 production of those who die in the productive age of twenty-five 

 to sixty. 



DEATHS IN INDIANA FROM ORGANIC HEART DISEASE 



BY AGES 



Age Deaths Age 



1- 5 45 40-44 



5- 9 29 - 45-49 



10-14 32 50-54 



15-19 27 55-59 



20-24 53 60-64 



25-29.. 49 65-69 



80-34 67 70-79 



35-39 87 



Considering the cost of education for the 141 who died from 

 five to twenty-five at |200 each, there is an expenditure of |28,200 



Deaths 

 . 130 

 . 169 

 . 255 

 . 310 

 . 445 

 . 544 

 . 684 



