Costs and disability among stroke patients

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-394

  Kavanagh, Shane ^a,b   Knapp, Martin ^a,c   Patel, Anita ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Disability surveys; Economics; Service use; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CARE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033376372     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.4.385     Document Type: Article

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