Objectives: To investigate the factors influencing the Severity of illness index of the All Patient Refined DRGs (APR-DRG) classification of patients experiencing an ischemic stroke.
Tag Archives: 2015
Investigating the relationship between Severity of Illness and the modified Rankin Scale in ischemic stroke patients with response mapping
Objectives: To investigate the resources used by ischemic stroke patients when hospitalized, and examine this relationship by stroke severity. Comparing a bottom-up costing approach with national top-down costs.
Analysis of in-hospital resource use after an ischemic stroke
Objectives: To investigate the resources used by ischemic stroke patients when hospitalized, and examine this relationship by stroke severity. Comparing a bottom-up costing approach with national top-down costs.
Quality of life of patients experiencing cancer-associated thrombosis
Objectives: Cancer patients are at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), provoked by the cancer, chemotherapies or co-morbidities. The CATCH trial investigated the benefits of extended treatment with tinzaparin (LMWH) versus warfarin for the prevention of recurrent VTE events in cancer patients experiencing a VTE.