LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

The cost of stroke in private hospitals in Brazil: a one-year prospective study

Vieira, Luana Gabriela Dalla Rosa; Safanelli, Juliana; Araujo, Tainá de; Schuch, Helen Aparecida; Kuhlhoff, Maria Helena Ribeiro; Nagel, Vivian; Conforto, Adriana Bastos; Silva, Gisele Sampaio; Mazin, Suleimy; Cabral, Norberto Luiz.

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (6), 2019

ABSTRACT Few studies from low- and middle-income countries have assessed stroke and cerebral reperfusion costs from the private sector. Objective To measure the in-hospital costs of ischemic stroke (IS), with and without cerebral reperfusion, primary intracerebral hemorrhage (PIH), subarachnoid hemorrh...

Brasil, Hemorragia Cerebral/economía, Costos de la Atención en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos, Hospitales Privados/economía, Ataque Isquémico Transitorio/economía, Tiempo de Internación/economía, Estudios Prospectivos, Valores de Referencia, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Accidente Cerebrovascular/economía, Accidente Cerebrovascular/terapia, Hemorragia Subaracnoidea/economía, Factores de Tiempo

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The cost of stroke in a public hospital in Brazil: a one-year prospective study

ABSTRACT Low- and middle-income countries face tight health care budgets, not only new resources, but also costly therapeutic resources for treatment of ischemic stroke (IS). However, few prospective data about stroke costs including cerebral reperfusion from low- and middle-income countries are availabl...