Long-term cost of stroke subtypes among medicare beneficiaries

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Lee, Won Chan ^a   Christensen, Michael C ^b   Joshi, Ashish V ^c   Pashos, Chris L ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Stroke cost

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846281562     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096542     Document Type: Article

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