Care of acute stroke patients in general hospitals in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-345

  Bentur, Netta ^a   Resnizky, Shirli ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; General hospital; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PUBLIC POLICY;

HOSPITALIZATION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; STANDARD; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037983907     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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