Towards a national system for monitoring the quality of hospital-based stroke services

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1415-1421

  Weir, N ^a   Dennis, M S ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Cerebrovascular disorders; Outcome; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0034992640     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.6.1415     Document Type: Article

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