Silver Book Fact
Lost workdays and lower employee productivity because of hypertension cost $279.5 billion– the highest amount among chronic diseases.
DeVol R, Bedroussian A, Charuworn A, Chatterjee A, et al. An Unhealthy America: The economic burden of chronic disease. The Milken Institute; 2007. https://assets1b.milkeninstitute.org/assets/Publication/ResearchReport/PDF/chronic_disease_report.pdf