PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Adeleye D. Omisore
AU  - Morenikeji A. Komolafe
AU  - Oluwaseun T. Esan
AU  - Bukunmi M. Idowu
AU  - Adeniyi S. Aderibigbe
AU  - Abdul-Majeed K. Abidoye
AU  - Stephen O. Onigbinde
TI  - Cost burden of neuroimaging during one-time admission for first-ever acute stroke in Nigeria
AID  - 10.17712/nsj.2018.2.20170404
DP  - 2018 Apr 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 122--128
VI  - 23
IP  - 2
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/23/2/122.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/23/2/122.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2018 Apr 01; 23
AB  - 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.