Age and ageing
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Structured re-assessment system at 6 months after a disabling stroke: a randomised controlled trial with resource use and cost study.
national policy recommends routine re-assessment of disabled patients and their carers at 6 months after stroke onset. The clinical and resource outcomes of this policy were investigated. ⋯ the structured, systematic re-assessment for patients and their carers was not associated with any clinically significant evidence of benefit at 12 months. Health and social care resource use and mean cost per patient were broadly similar in both groups.