The hospital cost of care for stroke in nine European countries

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Epstein, David ^a   Mason, Anne ^a   Manca, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Costs and cost analysis; Inpatients; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; REIMBURSEMENT;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; STROKE;

EID: 38949111679     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1329     Document Type: Article

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