Association between subarachnoid hemorrhage outcomes and number of cases treated at California hospitals

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1851-1856

  Bardach, Naomi S ^a   Zhao, Shoujun ^a   Gress, Daryl R ^a   Lawton, Michael T ^a   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Outcome assessment; Quality of health care; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036310688     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000019126.43079.7B     Document Type: Article

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