Table 4 Articles about cost related to care post-stroke
From: The costs associated with stroke care continuum: a systematic review
First Author Year of publication Country | Objectives | Methods | Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Design and GRADE LEVEL [32] | Participants | Instruments | Calculated stroke costs | |||
Oliva-Moreno, 2013 (Spain) [42] | Estimate the social cost of non-professional (informal) care provided to survivors of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) | Prospective economic study 2 + GRADE | 329,544 people | 2008 Survey on Disability, Independent Living and Dependency (EDAD-08) | Indirect costs calculating each hour of care at 12.71 euros | The estimated hours of informal care provided in 2008 amounted to 852 million € |
Skolarus, 2016 (EEUU) [43] | To investigate the annual cost of stroke caregiving | Cross sectional study 2 + GRADE | 892 patients | National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), a nationally representative survey of Medicare beneficiaries | Indirect costs calculating each hour of care at 6,55 euros/hour | Average annual cost for caregiving for an elderly stroke survivor was €8712 22.3 h/week |
Joo H, 2017 (EEUU) [3] | To describe the Economic burden of informal caregiving associated with stroke | Systematic Review 1 + GRADE | 10,129 patients 6 articles | 2010 Health and Retirement Study, data on non-institutionalized adults aged ≥ 65 years | Indirect costs calculating each hour of care at 10,54 euros/hour | €4332 per year (95% CI: €1685-€6514) for informal caregiving |