Cost-effectiveness of seven-days-per-week rehabilitation schedule for acute stroke patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rehabilitation is an essential medical service for patients who have suffered acute stroke. Although the effectiveness of 7-days-per-week rehabilitation schedule has been studied in comparison with 5- or 6-days-per-week rehabilitation schedule, its cost-effectiveness has not been analyzed. In this research, to help formulate more cost-effective medical treatments for acute stroke patients, we analyzed the cost-effectiveness of 7-days-per-week rehabilitation for acute stroke from public health payer's perspective, and public healthcare and long-term care payer's perspective in Japan.

Methods

Cost-effectiveness of 7-days-per-week rehabilitation for acute stroke patients was analyzed based on the result from a previous study using a Japanese database examining the ef

SUBMITTER: Morii Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature