Direct medical cost of stroke: Findings from a tertiary hospital in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 473-477

  Mohd Nordin, Nor Azlin ^a   Aljunid, Syed Mohamed ^b,c   Aziz, Noor Azah ^c   Nur, Amrizal Muhammad ^b   Sulong, Saperi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UKM Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Costing; Economic impact; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAYSIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84869778440     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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