Lifetime cost of stroke subtypes in Australia: Findings from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2502-2507

  Dewey, Helen M ^a,b,c   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,d   Mihalopoulos, Cathy ^c   Carter, Robert ^c   Macdonell, Richard A L ^b,c   McNeil, John J ^d   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a,b,c  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Costs and cost analysis; Incidence; Stroke; Stroke classification

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCULATION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACUNAR INFARCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0141754054     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000091395.85357.09     Document Type: Article

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