Association between disability measures and short-term health care costs following intracerebral hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Christensen, Michael C ^a   Morris, Stephen ^b  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Health care costs; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; COAGULATING AGENT;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COAGULANTS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849149086     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9124-5     Document Type: Article

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