Quality of hospital care for stroke patients in The Netherlands

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 251-257

  Straten, A Van ^a   Van Ser Meulen, J H P ^a   Crevel, H Van ^a   Habbema, J D F ^b   Limburg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Netherlands; Quality of health care; Stroke assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0030824771     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108203     Document Type: Article

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