Stroke survival after discharge from an acute-care hospital

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 210-217

  Lai, Sue Min ^a   Alter, Milton ^b   Friday, Gary ^c   Lai, Sue Ling ^d   Sobel, Eugene ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Astra ZENECA Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home; Rehabilitation facility; Stroke; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033020909     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026213     Document Type: Article

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