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Cost of Stroke in Australia From a Societal Perspective
Author(s) -
Helen M. Dewey,
Amanda G. Thrift,
Cathrine Mihalopoulos,
Rob Carter,
Richard Macdonell,
John J. McNeil,
Geoffrey A. Donnan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/hs1001.097222
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , total cost , indirect costs , incidence (geometry) , rehabilitation , emergency medicine , health care , cost estimate , cost–benefit analysis , demography , environmental health , physical therapy , business , mechanical engineering , ecology , physics , accounting , management , sociology , economic growth , economics , optics , biology , engineering
Accurate information about resource use and costs of stroke is necessary for informed health service planning. The purpose of this study was to determine the patterns of resource use among stroke patients and to estimate the total costs (direct service use and indirect production losses) of stroke (excluding SAH) in Australia for 1997.

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