The proposed study will generate a national mapping of healthcare utilization patterns in people post-stroke in the chronic phase living in the community; examine the associations between individual-level characteristics, health outcomes and healthcare utilization; and will describe patients' perspectives on their needs for health services and their experiences of using them. The study will use mixed-methods methodology (quantitative and qualitative) and will proceed in three parts. In part 1, data will be extracted retrospectively from electronic medical records of of Clalit Health Services, covering all patients with a stroke diagnosis. In part 2, a sub-sample of 240 patients will be asked to answer standardized questionnaires. In part 3, a sub-sample of 20 participants will participate in in-depth, semi-structured interviews.
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Visits to a neurologist
Timeframe: 1 year
Use of physical therapy services
Timeframe: 1 year
Stroke impact Scale - SIS 3.0
Timeframe: 1 hour
Visits to the emergency medicine center and urgent hospitalization data from Clalit's electronic medical records (EMR) of all insured patients who had a stroke. An estimated number of 40,000 patients post-stroke.
Timeframe: 1 year