title: Stroke rehabilitation. Outcome studies and guidelines for alternative levels of care.
abstract: "Every year, nearly 400,000 people in the United States become stroke victims. Approximately 40% of these die within a month and at least two-thirds of those who survive have some degree of permanent disability. At the present time, the population of this country includes two and a half million disabled survivors of stroke. The economic toll of this disease, considering both the cost of care and the loss of earnings, is estimated to be nine and a half billion dollars annually."
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data