Silver Book Fact
In one year alone (1990), stroke led to more than 100,000 nursing home admissions with a mean length of stay of 432 days.
Taylor T, Davis P, Torner J, Holmes J, et al. Lifetime Cost of Stroke in the United States. Stroke. 1996; 27(9): 149-66. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/9/1459