International comparison of stroke cost studies

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 1209 - 1215
• Main Authors: EVERS, Silvia M. A. A, STRUIJS, Jeroen N, AMENT, André J. H. A, VAN GENUGTEN, Marianne L. L, JAGER, J. C, VAN DEN BOS, Geertrudis A. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.05.2004
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cost of Illness; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Global Health; Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data; Health Care Costs - trends; Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data; Health Expenditures - trends; Health Facilities - economics; Health Facilities - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Medical sciences; Netherlands - epidemiology; Neurology; Prevalence; Stroke - economics; Stroke - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; United States; Netherlands; Stroke; Costs; Nervous system diseases; health resources; Cardiovascular disease; cost and cost analysis; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; internationality; Central nervous system disease; Cost analysis; Cerebrovascular disease; Comparative study

With the rapid international spread of interventions, there is a need to understand the economic implications of these changes and to interpret these economic implications on the international level. The purpose of this study is to systematically compare total health care expenditures on stroke, the...