Table 1.

Assumptions made when estimating costs.

Cost Item	Assumptions
Outpatient chronic services (Neurology)	AIS survivors receive an initial neurology consultation, followed by two check-ups during the first year after stroke.
Outpatient chronic services (Rehabilitation)	AIS survivors receive one initial rehabilitation consultation, two check-ups, and twenty-one rehabilitation procedures.
Primary care	For stroke patients, primary care interactions are mostly stroke-related.
Productivity loss
Disability	Only moderate-severe patients develop cognitive decline.
Mortality	Only deaths during hospitalization are considered.
Medical leave	The average retirement threshold is 62.5 years of age. Hospitalization days have been considered as medical leave days. Follow-up medical leave (outpatient setting) is not taken into account. Patients who have died during hospitalization are omitted.
Social services	Moderate, severe cases are eligible for disability compensation.