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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on January 22, 2009
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1441

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Comparing and Predicting the Costs and Outcomes of Patients with Major and Minor Stroke Using the Boston Acute Stroke Imaging Scale Neuroimaging Classification System

L.E. Cipriano^a, M.L. Steinberg^b, G.S. Gazelle^a,c,e and R.G. González^d

^a Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
^b Harvard Design School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass
^c Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
^d Neuroradiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
^e Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass

View larger version (22K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 1. The distribution of the in-hospital costs in 2000 and 2005 for patients with major and minor strokes. Costs are indexed to the mean cost of minor stroke in 2000.

View larger version (27K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 2. The in-hospital costs in 2000 (A) and 2005 (B) for patients with (red) and without (light blue) proximal artery occlusion. In-hospital deaths were removed. Costs are indexed to the mean cost of minor stroke in 2000.