Table 4 Resources and costs during the first 12 months after the stroke event (survivors)
Users | Resources per patient | Cost per patient (€) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. | % | Mean | Sd | Mean | Sd | Median | IQR | |
Healthcare costs | ||||||||
N. of days of the index hospitalization (mean) | 411 | 100% | 13.5 | 11.9 | 5,573 | 4,515 | 4,700 | 27,65 |
Stroke Unit | 124 | 30% | 12.2 | 7.2 | 5,464 | 2,702 | 4,713 | 2,914 |
Neurology | 189 | 46% | 14.2 | 10.2 | 6,241 | 6,028 | 5,013 | 3,195 |
General Medicine | 98 | 24% | 10.6 | 6.2 | 4,423 | 2,059 | 4,127 | 2,736 |
Post-acute phase | ||||||||
Inpatient days | 43 | 11% | 1.1 | 4.1 | 439 | 1,693 | 0 | 0 |
Rehabilitation sessions | 198 | 48% | 29.5 | 51.1 | 335 | 580 | 34 | 409 |
Inpatient rehabilitation (days) | 96 | 23% | 12.7 | 28.8 | 3,777 | 8534 | 0 | 0 |
Imaging | 274 | 67% | 2.7 | 3.7 | 144 | 250 | 63 | 193 |
GPs visits | 364 | 89% | 8.9 | 9.2 | 146 | 153 | 116 | 149 |
Specialists visits | 317 | 77% | 7.0 | 18.0 | 180 | 425 | 33 | 116 |
Drugs | 391 | 95% | 628 | 1377 | 272 | 425 | ||
Nursing home | 33 | 8.0% | 7,7 | 38.1 | 336.0 | 1663.2 | 0 | 0 |
Other costs | 524.2 | 1672.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total healthcare costs | 11,747 | 11,250 | 6,727 | 9,483 | ||||
Non-healthcare costs | ||||||||
Informal care (hours per day) | 183 | 45% | 7.8 | 5.2 | 6,656 | 11,051 | 1800 | |
Paid care (hours per day) | 60 | 15% | 1.2 | 0.1 | 758 | 2,232 | 0 | 0 |
Production losses | 25 | 6.1% | 792 | 28 | 0 | 78 | ||
Total societal costs | 19,953 | 18,114 | 13,714 | 22,058 | ||||