Table 2.

Use of resources and cost for hospitalization after stroke and in the first year after discharge.

			Number			Cost in €
			Mean	Median	Min-Max	Mean	Median	Min-Max
Direct cost	Acute care in hospital	days	29	25,5	7 – 70	11 401	10 085	2768 – 27 684
	Rehabilitation ward	days	63	58	20 – 155	35 046	32 019	11035 – 85 567
	Day clinic rehabilitation	days	28	24	0 – 87	13 802	11 471	0 – 41 581
	Visit to physician	number	4	3	0 – 30	1 301	977	0 – 9 765
	Visit to physiotherapist	number	38	28	0 – 169	3 113	2 253	0 – 13 844
	Visit to occupational therapist	number	20	6	0 – 169	1 679	573	0 – 13 844
	Visit to nurse	number	16	6	0 – 183	788	283	0 – 8 637
	Home assistance	hour/week	0.64	0	0 – 8	1 017	0	0 – 11 645
	Personal assistant	hour/week	4.77	0	0 – 120	5 243	0	0 – 98 679
	Assistive devices	number	3.19	2	0 – 13	442	173	0 – 4 662
	Transportation service for disabled	trips/week	3.65	2.5	0 – 36	3 413	2 344	0 – 27 227
	Housing adaptations				935	0	0 – 10 850
	Medication				593	451	0 – 4 126
Indirect cost	Informal caregiver	hour/week	15.12	2	0 – 63	2 677	1 312	0 – 10 663
	Production loss first year				29 452	33 592	0 – 33 592
Summary	Inpatient care	days	92	89.50	36 – 189	46 446	44 921	17 687 – 986 148
	Direct cost first year after discharge				33 604	31 353	2 256 – 137 133
	Total indirect cost first year after discharge				35 129	34 904	0 – 44 255
Total	Inpatient care, direct and indirect cost one year after discharge				115 179	111 178