Costs and caregiver consequences of early supported discharge for stroke patients

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 528-536

  Teng, Josephine ^a   Mayo, Nancy E ^a,b,c   Latimer, Eric ^a   Hanley, Jim ^a,c   Wood Dauphinee, Sharon ^a,b,c   Côté, Robert ^d   Scott, Susan ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cost benefit analysis; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURDEN INDEX; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY SUPPORTED DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUEBEC; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037322610     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000049767.14156.2C     Document Type: Article

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