Acute ischemic stroke in a university hospital intensive care unit: 1-year costs and outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Little is currently known about the cost-effectiveness of intensive care of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We evaluated 1-year costs and outcome for patients with AIS treated in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Materials and methods

A single-center retrospective study of patients admitted to an academic ICU with AIS between 2003 and 2013. True healthcare expenditure was obtained up to 1 year after admission and adjusted to consumer price index of 2019. Patient outcome was 12-month functional outcome and mortality. We used multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify independent predictors of favorable outcomes and linear regression analysis to assess factors associated with costs. We calculated the effective cost per survivor (ECPS) and effective

SUBMITTER: Kortelainen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9304289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature