Costs of acute stroke care on regular neurological wards: A comparison with stroke unit setting

Health Policy

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 339-349

  Epifanov, Yaroslav ^a   Dodel, Richard ^b   Haacke, Caroline ^c   Schaeg, Matthias ^c   Schöffski, Oliver ^d   Hennerici, Michael ^a   Back, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs; Neurological ward; Resource utilization; Stroke; Stroke unit care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 33947286659     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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