Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (10)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Grieve, R.
Right arrow Articles by Wolfe, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Grieve, R.
Right arrow Articles by Wolfe, C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Age and Ageing 2001; 30: 67-72
© 2001, British Geriatrics Society

Research papers

The development and use of a method to compare the costs of acute stroke across Europe

Richard Grieve, Ruth Dundas, Roger Beech1 and Charles Wolfe

Department of Public Health Sciences, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, 42 Weston Street, London SE1 5QD, UK
1 The Centre for Health Planning and Management, University of Keele, Keele, UK

Abstract

Background: there is a need for more information on the costs of different ways of managing stroke. Methods to compare the costs of stroke care in different countries have not been previously developed.

Objective: to develop and use a method to compare the costs of acute stroke care across Europe.

Setting: acute hospitals in 13 different European centres.

Subjects and methods: we included in the study stroke patients hospitalized during 1996–7 at 13 centres across Europe (n=2072). We recorded the duration of acute hospital stay and use of investigations. Mean costs for each centre were predicted using linear regression analysis to adjust for case-mix differences.

Results: the average acute hospital stay ranged from 9 days (Spain) to 35 days (UK; P<0.001). The predicted mean cost of treating conscious, continent men aged >74 ranged from $220 (95% confidence interval 191–254) in Latvia to $5164 (4294–6191) in Austria.

Conclusions: differences in the acute costs of stroke exist across Europe because of differences in clinical practice and unit costs. This methodology will be used to capture the costs incurred by a broad range of care providers. These estimates will then be suitable for using in cost-effectiveness analysis.

Keywords: costing methodology, Europe, international comparisons, stroke


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 StrokeHome page
R. Luengo-Fernandez, A. M. Gray, and P. M. Rothwell
Costs of Stroke Using Patient-Level Data: A Critical Review of the Literature
Stroke, February 1, 2009; 40(2): e18 - e23.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 StrokeHome page
R. Grieve, J. Hutton, A. Bhalla, D. Rastenyte, D. Ryglewicz, C. Sarti, M. Lamassa, M. Giroud, R. Dundas, and C.D.A. Wolfe
A Comparison of the Costs and Survival of Hospital-Admitted Stroke Patients Across Europe
Stroke, July 1, 2001; 32(7): 1684 - 1691.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.