Temporal trend and factors associated with delayed hospital admission of stroke patients

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 255-264

  Casetta, Ilaria ^a   Granieri, Enrico ^a   Gilli, Giuseppe ^b   Lauria, Giuseppe ^a   Tola, Maria Rosaria ^a   Paolino, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delay, admission; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032812591     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026220     Document Type: Article

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