Costs of stroke care according to handicap levels and stroke subtypes

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 134-142

  Spieler, Jean François ^a,b   Lanoë, Jean Louis ^a   Amarenco, Pierre ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain infarct; Cost; Handicap levels; Stroke subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE;

AFTERCARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1942499593     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075782     Document Type: Article

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