Resource utilization and costs of stroke unit care integrated in a care continuum: A 1-year controlled, prospective, randomized study in elderly patients - The Goteborg 70+ stroke study

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2569-2577

  Claesson, Lisbeth ^a,b   Gosman Hedström, Gunilla ^a,b   Johannesson, Magnus ^c   Fagerberg, Björn ^a   Blomstrand, Christian ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Elderly; Stroke units; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

EID: 0033761650     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.11.2569     Document Type: Article

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