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. 2012 Nov 14;12:137. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-137

Table 4.

Resources and costs during the first 12 months after the stroke event (survivors)

  Users
Resources per patient
Cost per patient (€)
N. % Mean Sd Mean Sd Median IQR
Healthcare costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
N. of days of the index hospitalization (mean)
411
100%
13.5
11.9
5,573
4,515
4,700
27,65
Stroke Unit
124
30%
12.2
7.2
5,464
2,702
4,713
2,914
Neurology
189
46%
14.2
10.2
6,241
6,028
5,013
3,195
General Medicine
98
24%
10.6
6.2
4,423
2,059
4,127
2,736
Post-acute phase
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inpatient days
43
11%
1.1
4.1
439
1,693
0
0
Rehabilitation sessions
198
48%
29.5
51.1
335
580
34
409
Inpatient rehabilitation (days)
96
23%
12.7
28.8
3,777
8534
0
0
Imaging
274
67%
2.7
3.7
144
250
63
193
GPs visits
364
89%
8.9
9.2
146
153
116
149
Specialists visits
317
77%
7.0
18.0
180
425
33
116
Drugs
391
95%
 
 
628
1377
272
425
Nursing home
33
8.0%
7,7
38.1
336.0
1663.2
0
0
Other costs
 
 
 
 
524.2
1672.3
0
0
Total healthcare costs
 
 
 
 
11,747
11,250
6,727
9,483
Non-healthcare costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Informal care (hours per day)
183
45%
7.8
5.2
6,656
11,051
1800
 
Paid care (hours per day)
60
15%
1.2
0.1
758
2,232
0
0
Production losses
25
6.1%
 
 
792
28
0
78
Total societal costs         19,953 18,114 13,714 22,058