The social and economic burden of stroke survivors in Italy: A prospective, incidence-based, multi-centre cost of illness study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fattore, Giovanni ^a   Torbica, Aleksandra ^a   Susi, Alessandra ^b   Giovanni, Aguzzi ^a   Benelli, Giancarlo ^c   Gozzo, Marianna ^c   Toso, Vito ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Costs and cost analysis; Italy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX AND MODIFIED RANKING SCALE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVOR; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84868708026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-137     Document Type: Article

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