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Table 2 Summary results by stroke type and year

From: Changes in acute hospital costs after employing clinical facilitators to improve stroke care in Victoria, Australia

 

Ischaemic stroke

Intracerebral haemorrhage

Stroke, not specified

TIA

Total

2006–07

2010–11

2006–07

2010–11

2006–07

2010–11

2006–07

2010–11

2006–07

2010–11

 Episodes of care

1110

1365

273

312

456

393

785

1072

2624

3142

  Δ%

 

23%

 

14%

 

−14%

 

37%

 

20%

 Average LOS

10.6

7.9

7.8

6.5

6.4

5.5

2.8

2.6

7.3

5.7

  Δ%

 

−25%†

 

−17%

 

−13%

 

−9%

 

−22%†

Costing dataa

 Total costs (‘000 s)

$8109

$9653

$1586

$1960

$2188

1678

$1605

$2198

$13,488

$15,589

  Δ%

 

19%

 

24%

 

−23%

 

43%

 

16%

 Average per episode cost

$11,093

$9418

$9275

$8447

7245

6454

$3171

$3409

$7888

$7115

  Δ%

 

−19%†

 

−20%

 

−5%

 

4%

 

−10%†

  1. TIA transient ischaemic attack, Δ% percentage change from 2006 to 07 to 2010–2011. All costs are in 2010 Australian dollars. aTwo hospitals are not included since their clinical costing data were not supplied. † t-test p < 0.01, all others p > 0.1