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10393407

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
Financial constraints at our institution prompted us to evaluate the management of patients referred to the Acute Stroke Service because of transient ischaemic attack (TIA). We analysed age, gender, length of stay, hospital costs, discharge disposition and stroke recurrence for all cases of TIA admitted to the Acute Stroke Service between January 1, 1994, and December 31, 1996. During this time, 110 cases of TIA were admitted. All had a CT head scan, 60% had carotid Doppler ultrasound, and 30% had transthoracic echocardiography. No patients admitted with TIA died, and 92% were discharged home. The average annual cost of in-patient management of TIA was 328,000 Canadian dollars, of which 95% were accounted for by the cost of the hospital bed alone. If hospitalisation of patients with TIA could be reduced, significant cost-savings could be realised.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1015-9770
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
210-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
What is the cost of admitting patients with transient ischaemic attacks to hospital?
pubmed:affiliation
Acute Stroke Service, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article