The development and use of a method to compare the costs of acute stroke across Europe.
Age Ageing
; 30(1): 67-72, 2001 Jan.
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BACKGROUND: there is a need for more information on the costs of different ways of managing stroke. Methods to compare the costs of stroke care in different countries have not been previously developed. OBJECTIVE: to develop and use a method to compare the costs of acute stroke care across Europe. SETTING: acute hospitals in 13 different European centres. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: we included in the study stroke patients hospitalized during 1996-7 at 13 centres across Europe (n=2072). We recorded the duration of acute hospital stay and use of investigations. Mean costs for each centre were predicted using linear regression analysis to adjust for case-mix differences. RESULTS: the average acute hospital stay ranged from 9 days (Spain) to 35 days (UK; P < 0.001). The predicted mean cost of treating conscious, continent men aged > 74 ranged from $220 (95% confidence interval 191-254) in Latvia to $5164 (4294-6191) in Austria. CONCLUSIONS: differences in the acute costs of stroke exist across Europe because of differences in clinical practice and unit costs. This methodology will be used to capture the costs incurred by a broad range of care providers. These estimates will then be suitable for using in cost-effectiveness analysis.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Grupos Diagnósticos Relacionados
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Precios de Hospital
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Accidente Cerebrovascular
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Tiempo de Internación
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Age Ageing
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido