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| Costs and disability among stroke patients | | Author(s) | S Kavanagh, M Knapp, A Patel |
| Journal title | Journal of Public Health Medicine, vol 21, no 4, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 385-394 |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Costs [care] ; Usage [services] ; Physical disabilities ; Economics. |
| Annotation | The high costs of health and social care support for stroke survivors and the development of new service arrangements have concentrated growing attention on economic issues. The authors analysed data from the OPCS (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys) mid-1980s Surveys of Disability to examine service use and costs for more than 1000 people who have had a stroke. Regression analyses examined the cost-disability association in the context of other covariates for people living in private households. Disability problems were common among stroke survivors, particularly in relation to mobility, self-care and holding. Among those living alone, the main contributors to cost were in-patient care (£27 per week) and home help (£30 per week). For those living with other people, in-patient hospital care was also a major cost (£28 per week). Other services costing more than £5 per week were general practitioner consultations, hospital out-patient care and day centre attendances. Resource patterns varied considerably. Changes are noted to policy and practice: implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 led to a reduction in admissions to long-term care.(RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000121209 A |
| Classmark | CQA: QDC: QLD: BN: W |
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