Readmission, mortality, and first-year medical costs after stroke

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 703-714

  Lee, Hsuei Chen ^a   Chang, Ku Chou ^b,c,d   Huang, Yu Ching ^c,d,e   Hung, Jen Wen ^b,c   Chiu, Hsien Hsueh Elley ^b,c   Chen, Jin Jong ^a   Lee, Tsong Hai ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Yuh Ing Junior College   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Medical costs; Mortality; Readmission; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

MEDICAL COSTS; MORTALITY; READMISSION; STROKE;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84888294762     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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