Direct costs during the first year after intracerebral hemorrhage.
OBJECTIVE
Knowledge of resource use and associated costs of treatment, care and rehabilitation at hospitals and in the health care and social service sectors is limited. This study presents data on the total resource use during the first year after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.


METHODS
All patients hospitalized because of stroke at a university hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, during a 1-year period 1994-1995 were included in a database. The patients were followed until 1 year after the stroke, and data on resource use during and after the hospital stay were collected prospectively. This study investigates a subgroup comprising 90 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. Resource use is described and costs are calculated.


RESULTS
The cost of the hospital stay including acute care and rehabilitation had a mean of 90200 DKK (US$16100). The total cost of health care and social services during the first year had a mean of 123200 DKK (US$22000). Costs decreased significantly with age, but when differences of 30 days case fatality between age groups were considered, the association between costs and age disappeared.


CONCLUSIONS
The mean cost of treatment, care and rehabilitation during the first year after intracerebral hemorrhage was 123200 DKK, of which the primary hospital stay constituted 73%.
Porsdal
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Kommunehospitalet, Centre for Gerodynamics R&D Oster Farimagsgade 5, Denmark.
Boysen
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000191:economics*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000191:economics; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000191:economics; D016896:Treatment Outcome