In-hospital stroke mortality, hospital transfers, and referral bias at a rural academic medical center

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 294-297

  Riggs, Jack E ^a   Libell, David P ^a   Hobbs, Gerald R ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0036303538     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2002.tb00889.x     Document Type: Review

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