Justification of hospital days and discharge delays in a non-selected population of acute stroke patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 132-136

  Vuadens, Philippe ^a   Schluep, Myriam ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a   Regli, Franco ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Delay; Epidemiology; Hospital day; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030297059     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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