[Direct costs of transient cerebral ischemia. A hospital-based study of resource use in Denmark during the first year following transient cerebral ischemic attack].

In order to obtain knowledge of costs of health care and social services for patients who have transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) all patients admitted to a university hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, with TIA during 12 months in 1994-1995 were included in a database. The patients were followed until one year after admission and data on resource use during and after the hospital stay were collected prospectively at interviews. The cost of the hospital stay had a mean of 10,100 DKK (1,800 US$) and the cost of health care and social services after discharge had a mean of 8,800 DKK (1,600 US$) per person.