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Stroke rehabilitation pathways during the first year: A cost-effectiveness anal...
Barbosa, PM; Szrek, H; Ferreira, LN; Cruz, VT; Firmino-Machado, JBackground: Stroke burden challenges global health, and social and economic policies. Although stroke recovery encompasses a wide range of care, including in-hospital, outpatient, and community-based rehabilitation, there are no published cost-effectiveness studies of integrated post-stroke pathways. Objective: To determine the most cost-effective rehabilitation pathway during the first 12 months after a first-...
From healthcare system to individuals through stroke rehabilitation pathways: o...
Barbosa, PM; Firmino-Machado, J; Ferreira, LN; Cruz, VT; Szrek, HBackgroundThe nature and quality of stroke survivor rehabilitation varies throughout Europe, including in Portugal, having not been widely monitored or benchmarked.ObjectivesThis study analyses the stroke care pathway from three perspectives: healthcare system, process, and patient.MethodsThe study uses data from a one-year single-center prospective cohort of first stroke patients, assessed at baseline, 3, 6, a...
Healthcare, Clinical Factors and Rehabilitation Predicting Quality of Life in F...
Barbosa, PM; Ferreira, LN; Cruz, VT; Silva, A; Szrek, HObjectives: One of the long-term rehabilitation goals in stroke survivors is to achieve the best health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study analyzes the evolution of HRQoL one-year post-stroke to establish the main pre-stroke, clinical, health care and rehabilitation predictors. Materials and methods: This study uses patient-level data from a one-year single-center prospective cohort study of first stro...