Dependent variable Log (costs) | Model 1 (acute phase) | Model 2 (healthcare costs during follow up) | Model 3 (total societal costs) | ||||||
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Coefficient | T | P>t | Coefficient | t | P>t | coefficient | T | P>t | |
Demographic | |||||||||
Age | 0.0003 | 0.12 | 0.904 | −0.008 | −1.42 | 0.158 | −0.001 | −0.45 | 0.653 |
Gender (female=1) | 0.028 | 0.51 | 0.611 | −0.394 | −2.65 | 0.008 | −0.094 | −1.34 | 0.180 |
Living with family (vs alone/institution) | −0.010 | −0.14 | 0.885 | −0.264 | −1.41 | 0.159 | 0.026 | 0.29 | 0.770 |
North (vs. south and centre) | 0.100 | 1.61 | 0.108 | −0.013 | −0.07 | 0.942 | −0.161 | −1.98 | 0.048 |
Centre (vs south and north) | 0.077 | 1.04 | 0.300 | 0.231 | 1.15 | 0.253 | −0.03 | −0.29 | 0.771 |
Clinical | |||||||||
Diabetes mellitus | 0.038 | 0.63 | 0.529 | 0.341 | 2.03 | 0.044 | 0.06 | 0.75 | 0.453 |
Previous stroke | 0.096 | 1.12 | 0.264 | −0.104 | −0.44 | 0.663 | 0.128 | 1.15 | 0.253 |
Smoker | 0.083 | −1.29 | 0.199 | 0.146 | 0.83 | 0.409 | −0.066 | −0.79 | 0.432 |
Atrial fibrillation | 0.024 | 0.35 | 0.727 | 0.088 | 0.46 | 0.644 | 0.109 | 1.21 | 0.227 |
Haemorragic stroke | 0.010 | 0.13 | 0.896 | 0.486 | 2.41 | 0.016 | 0.160 | 1.69 | 0.092 |
Organizational | |||||||||
Stroke Unit | 0.172 | 2.31 | 0.021 | 0.061 | 0.29 | 0.769 | 0.019 | 0.20 | 0.842 |
Neurology ward | 0.307 | 4.76 | 0.000 | −0.351 | −1.99 | 0.048 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.997 |
Functional outcomes* | |||||||||
NIHSS (at admission) | 0.014 | 2.57 | 0.011 | 0.027 | 1.82 | 0.069 | 0.020 | 2.93 | 0.004 |
Barthel Index categories** | |||||||||
Mild dependence (75–95) | 0.063 | −0.78 | 0.434 | 0.202 | 0.98 | 0.329 | 0.220 | 2.25 | 0.025 |
Moderate dependence (46–74) | 0.090 | 1.19 | 0.236 | 0.312 | 1.07 | 0.284 | 0.652 | 4.76 | 0.000 |
Severe dependence (0–45) | 0.218 | 2.77 | 0.006 | 0.885 | 2.47 | 0.014 | 0.749 | 4.43 | 0.000 |
Modified Rankin Scale *** | |||||||||
MRS 3 (moderate disability) | 0.744 | 3.24 | 0.001 | 0.315 | 2.91 | 0.004 | |||
MRS 3–5 ( severe disability) | 1.210 | 3.76 | 0.000 | 0.596 | 3.93 | 0.000 | |||
Constant | 7.988 | 42.51 | 0.000 | 7.372 | 14.63 | 0.000 | 8.924 | 37.6 | 0.000 |
Number of obs | 411 | 411 | 411 | ||||||
R-squared | 0.1617 | 0.3726 | 0.5307 | ||||||
Adj R-squared | 0.1227 | 0.3437 | 0.5091 | ||||||
F | F( 16, 394) = 5.37 | 4.75 | F(18,392)=24.63 | ||||||
Prob > F | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |