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Table 2 All cause hospitalizations among patients diagnosed with ischemic stroke according to time since index stroke

From: The time course of subsequent hospitalizations and associated costs in survivors of an ischemic stroke in Canada

 

At Risk

All Cause Hospitalization

Time Period

N*

PY**

Patients

Hosp†

%‡

Freq§

Hazard#

Total Rate°

Month 1

18,695

1,429

2,338

2,440

12.5

1.04

1.64

1.71

Month 2

16,821

1,359

1,375

1,455

8.2

1.06

1.01

1.07

Months 3–6

16,319

5,274

3,325

4,386

20.4

0.44

0.63

0.83

Months 7–12

15,361

7,457

3,436

4,870

22.4

0.23

0.46

0.65

Year 2

14,436

13,642

4,654

7,935

32.2

0.14

0.34

0.58

Year 3

12,917

12,265

3,992

6,903

30.9

0.14

0.33

0.56

Year 4

11,628

11,081

3,611

5,948

31.1

0.14

0.33

0.54

Year 5

10,514

9,997

3,269

5,351

31.1

0.14

0.33

0.54

  1. *N=number surviving to beginning of each time period
  2. **PY=person years accumulated by patients during each period
  3. †Hospitalization count in each period
  4. ‡% gives the proportion of patients hospitalized
  5. §Frequency expressed as hospitalizations per patient hospitalized (per month)
  6. #Hazard expressed as patients hospitalized per patient year
  7. °Total rate expressed as hospitalizations per patient year
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