A literature review of indirect costs associated with stroke

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• Alternative Title:
  J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
• Personal Author:
  Joo, Heesoo ; George, Mary G. ; Fang, Jing ; Wang, Guijing
• Description:
  Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and long-term disability. However, the indirect costs of stroke, such as productivity loss and costs of informal care, have not been well studied. To better understand this, we conducted a literature review of the indirect costs of stroke.|A literature search using PubMed, MEDLINE, and EconLit, with the key words stroke, cerebrovascular disease, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, cost-of-illness, productivity loss, indirect cost, economic burden, and informal caregiving was conducted. We identified original research articles published during 1990-2012 in English-language peer-reviewed journals. We summarized indirect costs by study type, cost categories, and study settings.|We found 31 original research articles that investigated the indirect cost of stroke. Six of these investigated indirect costs only; the other 25 studies were cost-of-illness studies that included indirect costs as a component. Of the 31 articles, 6 examined indirect costs in the United States, with 2 of these focused solely on indirect costs. Because of diverse methods, kinds of data, and definitions of cost used in the studies, the literature indicated a very wide range internationally in the proportion of the total cost of stroke that is represented by indirect costs (from 3% to 71%).|Most of the literature indicates that indirect costs account for a significant portion of the economic burden of stroke, and there is a pressing need to develop proper approaches to analyze these costs and to make better use of relevant data sources for such studies or establish new ones.
• Subjects:
  Article Cost Of Illness Cost Of Informal Care Costs And Cost Analysis Economic Burden Health Care Costs Hemorrhage Humans Indirect Cost Ischemic Stroke Productivity Loss Stroke

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• Source:
  J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 23(7):1753-1763.
• Pubmed ID:
  24957313
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4383399
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:292f17ceda9b90d82385837936b4bc9caf200ef8c8874c20dfe5916519bf1f71
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30357/cdc_30357_DS1.pdf
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