'Out of pocket' costs to stroke patients during the first year after stroke - Results from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-137

  Dewey, Helen M ^a,b,c   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,d   Mihalopoulos, Cathy ^e   Carter, Rob ^e   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)

^e Centre for Health Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Incidence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE; TECHNICAL AID; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 1342283129     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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