title: Burden of stroke in France.
abstract: France is a country of more than 60 million inhabitants, where indicators of health quality are favourable, with one of the longest life expectancies in the world, and one of the lowest rates of neonatal mortality. The burden of vascular diseases is smaller than in surrounding European countries of similar size (United Kingdom and Germany), even for stroke. However, the direct cost of health care provided to stroke patients is estimated between 2 and 2.5 billion Euros per year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Lille University hospital, Lille, France. dleys@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leys
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Béjot
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debette
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giroud
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012042:Registries; D020521:Stroke / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D015996:Survival Rate