Hospital services for stroke care: A European perspective

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1958-1964

  Beech, Roger ^a   Ratcliffe, Mark ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a   Wolfe, Charles ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; geography; hospitalization; stroke management; stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029852762     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.11.1958     Document Type: Article

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