Journal article
Increasing comorbidity and health services utilization in older adults with prior stroke
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To characterize comorbid chronic conditions, describe health services use, and estimate health care costs among community-dwelling older adults with prior stroke.
METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study using administrative data from Ontario, Canada. We identified all community-dwelling individuals aged 66 and over on April 1, 2008 (baseline), who had experienced a stroke at least 6 months prior. We estimated the prevalence of …
Authors
Gruneir A; Griffith LE; Fisher K; Panjwani D; Gandhi S; Sheng L; Patterson C; Gafni A; Ploeg J; Markle-Reid M
Journal
Neurology, Vol. 87, No. 20, pp. 2091–2098
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
November 15, 2016
DOI
10.1212/wnl.0000000000003329
ISSN
0028-3878