Spine Care Costs

In 2017, American GDP were estimated at approximately

19.4 trillion dollars. With spine care costing 135 billion dollars

per year in the USA, that means approximately one in $144 GDP

dollars is spent on spine care. 2017 World GDP is estimated at

$79.6 trillion dollars. Extrapolating the same (1/144) ratio, the

world spine costs are $553 billion dollars (0.7% GDP). However,

if the world spends at a rate of one half of the American

Rate (1/288), then the costs are approximately $276 billion

(0.35% GDP).