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 | ||||