Abstract
Objectives: To determine the cost burden of Neuroimaging and its contribution to direct total hospitalization costs (HCs) during one-time admission for first-ever stroke. Methods: The clinical characteristics, direct itemised costs and total HCs for 170 consecutive patients with first-ever stroke, admitted at our public tertiary health facility over a 15-month period were evaluated. Results: The records of 170 stroke subjects were reviewed. The median total HCs for one-time admission per stroke patient was $183.30 with a median daily cost of $15.86. Median cost of radiological investigations was the highest among the categorized hospital costs. Among the radiological investigations, neuroimaging accounted for at least 99% of cost to patients. Conclusion: The financial burden of radiological investigations, particularly neuroimaging, is high during one-time admission of patients with first-ever stroke in our environment.
Article Type
Research Article
First Page
122
Last Page
128
Recommended Citation
Omisore, Adeleye D.; Komolafe, Morenikeji A.; Esan, Oluwaseun T.; Idowu, Bukunmi M.; Aderibigbe, Adeniyi S.; Abidoye, Abdul-Majeed K.; and Onigbinde, Stephen O.
(2018)
"Cost burden of neuroimaging during one-time admission for first-ever acute stroke in Nigeria,"
Neurosciences: Vol. 23:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.2.20170404