Do depression and other mental health diagnoses after stroke increase inpatient and outpatient medical utilization?
Mental health diagnoses after stroke are associated with increased inpatient and outpatient healthcare utilization over 3 years.
Mental health diagnosis after stroke increases inpatient and outpatient healthcare utilization in the first 3 years poststroke. Additional biologic and psychosocial factors should be investigated.
Ghose et al. (Fri,) studied this question.