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Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(9): 1780-1787. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.79
PMID: 34380205        PMCID: PMC9808248

Original Article

Length of Stay, Hospital Costs and Mortality Associated With Comorbidity According to the Charlson Comorbidity Index in Immobile Patients After Ischemic Stroke in China: A National Study

Hongpeng Liu 1 ORCID, Baoyun Song 2, Jingfen Jin 3, Yilan Liu 4, Xianxiu Wen 5, Shouzhen Cheng 6, Stephen Nicholas 7,8,9,10 ORCID, Elizabeth Maitland 11, Xinjuan Wu 1 * ORCID, Dawei Zhu 12 * ORCID

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