Background and Purpose Stroke represents a major economic challenge to society. The
direct cost of stroke is largely determined by the duration of hospital stay, but internationally …

Stroke is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As the number of
stroke cases is rising from one year to another, policymakers require data on the amount …

Background and Purpose—To evaluate the current status of care and cost of acute ischemic
stroke in Japan, we performed a hospital-based analysis at a tertiary emergency hospital …

Background and Purpose—The common medical complications after ischemic stroke are
associated with increased mortality and resource use. Method—The study population …

Background and Purpose—Few studies have evaluated long-term costs after stroke onset,
with almost no cost data for transient ischemic attack (TIA). We studied hospital costs during …

Abstract Background and Purpose: Although stroke is the leading cause of death in Brazil,
little information exist on the acute treatment provided for stroke and its associated costs …

Background Understanding hospital costs and length of stay (LOS) can optimize the in-
hospital management of acute stroke. We investigated cost and LOS in first-ever and …

Objective To assess trends of stroke hospitalization rates, inpatient mortality, and health care
resource use in young (aged≤ 44 years), midlife (aged 45-64 years), and older (aged≥ 65 …

Background: Accurate estimates of inpatient cost, length of stay (LOS), and mortality are
necessary for the development of economic models to estimate the cost-effectiveness of …

Introduction In 2017, 1.5 million people were diagnosed with stroke, 9 million were living
with stroke and 0.4 million died because of stroke in 32 European countries. We estimate the …