Why the study?
What are the direct costs of modern management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the first year after diagnosis?
Population
110 admitted patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage from a population of 2 million people
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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High costs of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage care are driven by inpatient stays; this cohort study leaves open whether shortening length of stay is cost-effective.
What are the direct costs of modern management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the first year after diagnosis?
Most direct costs in the first year after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage are driven by hospital inpatient days, suggesting that treatments reducing length of stay could be highly cost-effective.
Roos et al. (2002) studied this question.
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