Costs of post-stroke dysphagia during acute hospitalization from a health-insurance perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a common and complication-prone symptom after stroke and is assumed to increase medical expenses. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine acute hospitalization costs associated with post-stroke dysphagia.

Method

This retrospective study included patients with acute stroke who had been examined by Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES). Health insurance expenditures were determined for the patient cases according to the 2021 revenue criteria. Multiple linear regression was used to examine predictors of health insurance spending including age, sex, stroke severity, stroke characteristics, comorbidity, therapeutic interventions, duration of artificial ventilation, length of hospital stay, and severity of dysphagia, as a

SUBMITTER: Labeit B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069210 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature