Acute stroke care and rehabilitation: An analysis of the direct cost and its clinical and social determinants. The Copenhagen Stroke Study

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1138-1141

  Jørgensen, Henrik Stig ^a   Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Raaschou, Hans Otto ^a   Olsen, Tom Skyhøj ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Risk factors; Stroke units; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; STROKE;

EID: 0030914502     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.6.1138     Document Type: Article

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