Future costs of stroke in the Netherlands: The impact of stroke services

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 518-524

  Struijs, Jeroen N ^a   Van Genugten, Marianne L L ^b,e   Evers, Silvia M A A ^c   Ament, André J H ^c   Baan, Caroline A ^a   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAPI GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e National Institute of Public Health and Environment ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Healthcare utilization; Scenario analysis; Stroke services

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT TREATMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HEALTHCARE COSTS; HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STROKE SERVICES;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REHABILITATION;

EID: 33750308986     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462306051464     Document Type: Article

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