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The cost of cerebrovascular accident

J.M. Beguiristain, J. Mar, A. Arrazola [REV NEUROL 2005;40:406-411] PMID: 15849673 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.4007.2004436

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Volumen 40 | Number 07 | Nº of views of the article 6.828 | Nº of PDF downloads 788 | Article publication date 01/04/2005

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION AND

AIM One out of three persons will die of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), another one will be disabled, and the third one will recover. This research has been taken to estimate the costs of CVA in the Basque Country.

MATERIALS AND METHODS The cost of illness is studied from a societal perspective. It is based on the prevalence of the disease. Population costs has been estimated from the use of resources of a randomized sample of patients admitted to hospital with stroke during the year 2000, and followed for 12 months. Transitions costs (those that happen just once) and state costs (those remaining in patients lifetime) have been studied separately.

RESULTS The prevalence of CVA was 1.780 × 10⁵. Average transition cost per patient was 4,762 € and average state cost for patient/year was 10,506 €. The estimated cost for the Basque Country is 120,249,986 € in the year 2000. Transition costs were 16,460,729 € and state costs 103,789,257 € in the same year. State costs were due to disability.

CONCLUSIONS The analysis of the costs of CVA from a societal perspective gets us to the heart of illness causing disability, the social costs of CVA are 74,3% of the total cost. KeywordsCerebrovascular disorder Cost of illness Dependency Health care costs Social costs State costs Transition costs CategoriesCalidad, Gestión y Organización Asistencial Dependencias Patología vascular

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The cost of cerebrovascular accident