The uptake and costs of guidelines for stroke in a district of southern England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 520-525

  Wolfe, Charles D A ^a   Stojcevic, Nada ^a   Rudd, Anthony G ^a   Warburton, Fiona ^a   Beech, Roger ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030663521     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.5.520     Document Type: Article

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