Length of hospital stay and discharge delays in stroke patients

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-140

  Van Straten, A ^a   Van Der Meulen, J H P ^a   Van Den Bos, G A M ^a   Limburg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hospitalization; Netherlands; quality of health care; stroke management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031029624     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.1.137     Document Type: Article

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