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It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of stroke illness. In the U.K., cerebrovascular disease is the third most frequent cause of death and the commonest cause of severe disability. In addition to its incalculable human cost, stroke has vast economic consequences. It consumes almost 5% of NHS resources and most of this expenditure occurs within hospitals. Stroke patients account for 6% of hospital running costs and occupy 13% of general medical bed-days and 25% of geriatric bed-days.
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Tallis, R.C. (1985). Acute Stroke Illness in the Elderly. In: Lye, M. (eds) Acute Geriatric Medicine. Modern Geriatrics Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4890-7_3
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