Publications by authors named "M Cuche"
Introduction: Approaches to economic evaluations of stroke therapies are varied and inconsistently described. An objective of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) Health Economics Working Group is to standardise and improve the economic evaluations of interventions for stroke.
Methods: The ESO Health Economics Working Group and additional experts were contacted to develop a protocol and a guidance document for data collection for economic evaluations of stroke therapies.
Background: Ischaemic stroke care requires a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary approach to optimise patient outcomes. Current care provision in Saudi Arabia is below international recommendations, and with increasing patient numbers, variable access to new therapies, and sub-optimal co-ordination of staff, the Kingdom's Ministry of Health has prioritised strategies to develop stroke care. Our objective was to use local epidemiological data to predict stroke incidence and to combine this with international staffing recommendations to estimate future staff requirements and their costs over a 10-year period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Epidemiological Model for First Stroke in Saudi Arabia.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
January 2020
Background: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a young but ageing population, leading to concerns for planning for future growth in the number of strokes to provide necessary care. An understanding of the expected evolution of stroke incidence is therefore necessary to plan infrastructure changes. Our aim was to predict the number of first strokes occurring in Saudi Arabia over a 10-year period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Stroke is a significant burden in Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Ministry of Health's stroke committee has identified an urgent need to improve care.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to undertake a health-economic analysis to quantify the impact of developing stroke care in the country.
Methods: An economic model was developed to assess the costs and clinical outcomes associated with an ischemic stroke care development program compared with current stroke care.
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at how much it costs to treat stroke based on how serious it is, using the modified Rankin Scale to measure recovery.
- Researchers found only a few studies that reported costs in detail for each level of the scale, with most just looking at medical expenses.
- They discovered that costs go up when stroke severity increases, but more research is needed to get better information using standard methods.