Hospital costs impact of post ischemic stroke dysphagia: Database analyses of hospital discharges in France and Switzerland.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Oropharyngeal dysphagia is frequent in hospitalized post-stroke patients and is associated with increased mortality and comorbidities. The aim of our analysis was to evaluate the impact of dysphagia on Length of Hospital Stay (LOS) and costs. The hospital perspective...

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Main Authors: Natalia Muehlemann, Baptiste Jouaneton, Lucie de Léotoing, Jean-Jacques Chalé, Jérôme Fernandes, Georg Kägi, Hakan Sarikaya, Marcel Arnold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210313