Association of Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation With Health Care Costs and Outcome After Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between material deprivation and direct healthcare costs and clinical outcomes following stroke in the context of a publicly funded universal healthcare system.

Methods

In this population-based cohort study of patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke admitted to hospital between 2008 and 2017 in Ontario, Canada, we used linked administrative data to identify the cohort, predictor variables, and outcomes. The exposure was a five-level neighborhood material deprivation index. The primary outcome was direct healthcare costs incurred by the public payer in the first year. Secondary outcomes were death and admission to long-term care.

Results

Among 90,289 patients with stroke, the mean (standard deviation) per-person costs increa

SUBMITTER: Yu AYX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8575135 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature