Patterns of acute hospital care, rehabilitation, and discharge disposition after acute stroke: The perth community stroke study 1989-1990

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 344-353

  Anderson, Craig S ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad D ^b   Stewart Wynne, Edward G ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Epidemiology; Hospital services; Population based studies; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000342240     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108506     Document Type: Article

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