Impact of disability status on ischemic stroke costs in Canada in the first year

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 793-800

  Mittmann, Nicole ^a,b   Seung, Soo Jin ^a   Hill, Michael D ⁱ   Phillips, Stephen J ^f   Hachinski, Vladimir ^c   Coté, Robert ^g   Buck, Brian H ^j   Mackey, Ariane ^h   Gladstone, David J ^a   Howse, David C ^d   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^j   Sharma, Mike ^e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE;

EID: 84867967075     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100015638     Document Type: Article

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