The effectiveness and costs of intensive stroke rehabilitation and improvements in patient pathway in Finland: a retrospective benchmarking controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effectiveness and costs of intensive stroke rehabilitation and improvements in patient pathway in the city of Lahti and in Päijät-Häme region compared with other parts in Finland.

Design

Retrospective benchmarking controlled trial.

Patients

Three cohorts of Finnish community-dwelling patients (n = 94,749, n = 4,184, and n = 105,458) with ischaemic stroke between 2001 and 2019.

Methods

This study is based on the PERFECT 2001-2019 database of ischaemic stroke patients. PERFECT indicators describe how the stroke patients recover. The difference-in-difference method was used in the main analysis.

Results

Improved stroke rehabilitation in Lahti increased the share of patients discharged home (p = 0.005) and decreased the length of firs

SUBMITTER: Korpi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577621 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature