Stroke unit care saves lives; the Swedish national quality assessment registry for stroke the first of its kind in the world;Vård på stroke-enhet räddar liv: Sverige först i världen med nationeilt kvalitetsregister för slaganfall

Lakartidningen

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2719-2726

  Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Asplund, Kjell ^a   Danielsson, Back Per ^b   Hulter Åsberg, Kerstin ^c   Norrving, Bo ^d   Peltonen, Markku ^a   Terént, Andreas ^e   Thorngren, Margareta ^d   Wester, Po ^f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Patientrepresentant för Strokeföreningen ^*

^c Norrlands universitetssjukhus   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033516202     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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