Annual cost of heart failure related to New York Heart Association (NYHA) class
| NYHA class | Costs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France (FF) | The Netherlands (NLG) | Germany (DM) | Belgium (‘000 BeF) | |
| I–II | 5760 | 700 | 2580 | 32000 |
| III | 22126 | 1200 | 4428 | 78000 |
| IV | 44300 | 23000 | – | 1000000 |
US$1 = FF5.00, NLG1.60, DM1.42, BeF38 (October 1995 exchange rates).
FF, French francs; NLG, Netherlands guilders; DM, German deutschmarks; BeF, Belgian francs.