Background and Purpose Stroke imposes a substantial economic burden on individuals and
society. This study estimates the lifetime direct and indirect costs associated with the three …

Background Stroke is an expensive disease from a patient, caregiver, and societal
perspective. In spite of the high cost burden, only limited numbers of recent studies have …

Background and Purpose Stroke causes high morbidity and mortality. The aging of the
population further increases the demands on healthcare costs. Methods We estimated the …

Background and Purpose—Stroke is costly, although little is known about the long-term
costs of survivors of stroke. In previous cost-of-illness studies, lifetime costs have been …

Background and purpose A cost of illness study was undertaken on behalf of the F rench M
inistry of H ealth to estimate the annual cost of stroke in F rance with the goal of better …

Background and Purpose—Stroke is associated with considerable societal costs. Cost-of-
illness studies have been undertaken to estimate lifetime costs; most incorporating data up …

An international review of the costs of stroke was conducted to explore data sources, and
cost variables as well as to compare estimates of the annual aggregated cost (prevalence …

Abstract Background and Purpose: The economic impact of hemorrhagic stroke, including
subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), has not been well …

Background and Purpose—We sought to investigate the direct costs of acute hospitalization
for patients with first-ever ischemic stroke in Taiwan. Methods—Data were prospectively …

Cost-effectiveness analyses of stroke management are hampered by paucity of economic
data. We made an update of the direct and indirect costs of stroke in Sweden (population …