Table II.

Mean resource use and costs among stroke inpatients and outpatients, in the first year after admission to a rehabilitation facility

	Inpatients, n = 244			Outpatients, n = 69
	% patients	Volumea	Costs (US$)b	% patients	Volume3	Costs (US$)b
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation physician, h	100	10.7	4,078	100	1.9	833
Physical therapy, h	100	47.2	7,707	96	16.2	2,579
Occupational therapy, h	100	36.4	5,813	99	13.2	2,061
Speech-language therapy, h	100	18.4	3,014	70	9.2	1,073
Psychology, h	99	16.3	4,082	86	14.6	1,835
Social work, h	100	12.3	2,010	96	8.2	1,271
Recreational therapy, h	98	8.2	1,155	4	2.1	11
Other therapy, h	100	23.5	2,881	51	2.4	236
Total rehabilitation therapy, mean (SD)			30,741 (17,345)			9,899 (6,020)
Rehabilitation stay, days	100	50.0	16,129	-	-	-
Total rehabilitation, mean (SD)			46,870 (24,580)			9,899 (6,020)
Non-rehabilitation healthcare
Hospital readmissions, days	22	15.5	2,046	16	8.2	785
General practitioner, visits	81	5.5	185	79	5.4	179
Neurologist, visits	56	2.3	158	65	2.3	186
Other medical specialists, visits	63	3.9	277	68	6.5	505
Occupational physician, visits	33	4.5	252	43	5.3	384
Allied health professionals, visits	67	32.9	1,082	52	22.0	566
Total non-rehabilitation healthcare, mean (SD)			3,999 (7,000)			2,604 (2,940)
Total healthcare costs, mean (SD)			50,869 (26,617)			12,502 (7,023)
Other non-healthcare
Out of pocket costs, number of devices	65	4.3	2,575	28	2.4	889
Informal care, h	80	469.1	6,575	69	374.1	4,531
Paid home care, h	11	88.8	371	4	54.7	135
Productivity loss, hc	42	375.2	10,211	60	271.6	9,416
Total non-healthcare costs, mean (SD)			19,732 (15,267)			14,970 (12,244)
Total costs, mean (SD)			70,601 (34,534)			27,473 (15,200)

^aVolume for patients who received care.

^bCosts for total population.

^cProductivity loss was calculated for patients under the age of 65 years who reported that they had paid work at baseline. SD: standard deviation.