Societal burden of stroke rehabilitation: costs and health outcomes after admission to stroke rehabilitation

CONCLUSION: One-year societal costs from after the start of rehabilitation in stroke patients were considerable. Future research should also include costs prior to rehabilitation. For inpatients, health-related quality of life, expressed in terms of utility, improved significantly over time.PMID:33856036 | DOI:10.2340/16501977-2829

Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - April 15, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Winke van Meijeren-Pont Sietske J Tamminga Paulien H Goossens Iris F Groeneveld Henk Arwert Jorit J Meesters Radha Rambaran Mishre Thea P Vlieland Wilbert B Hout Source Type: research