Costs of acute hospitalisation for stroke and transient ischaemic attack in Australia

Abstract

Background: Stroke is a high-cost condition. Detailed patient-level assessments of the costs of care received and outcomes achieved provide useful information for organisation and optimisation of the health system. Objectives: To describe the costs of hospital care for stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and investigate factors associated with costs. Methods: Retrospective cohort study using data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) collected between 2009 and 2013 linked to hospital administrative data and clinical costing data in Queensland. Clinical costing data include standardised assignment of costs from hospitals that contribute to the National Hospital Costing ..