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Hospital re-admissions in relation to acute stroke unit care versus conventional care in elderly patients the first year after stroke
— the Göteborg 70+ Stroke study | | Author(s) | Lisbeth Claesson, Gunilla Gosman-Hedström, Björn Fagerberg, |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 32, no 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp 109-113 |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Rehabilitation ; Management [care] ; Admission [hospitals] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | To a considerable extent, older stroke patients have need of re-hospitalisation. A 1-year randomised study compared treatment outcomes at an acute stroke unit with those in general medical wards in acute and geriatric hospitals in Göteborg, Sweden. 216 patients aged 70+ discharged to their own homes or to institutionalised living following stroke were compared for comorbidity classified according to Charlson's morbidity index, re-admission rates, length of hospital stay, number of re-admissions and diagnoses between a group treated at a stroke unit and a group treated in general wards. The re-admission rates, length of hospital stay and causes of re-admission did not differ between the two groups. Complications related to the damage to the brain and concomitant heart disease were the most common causes of re-admission in both groups. Index stroke severity did not influence the re-admission rates. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030218209 A |
| Classmark | CQA: LM: QA: LD:QKH: 3J: 76P |
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