Influence of institutional factors in neurological, medical and geriatric departments on length of stay in patients with stroke;Ausstattungsmerkmale von krankenhäusern und ihr einfluss auf die liegezeit von schlaganfallpatienten

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 979-983

  Schmidt, W P ^a   Berger, Klaus ^a   Taeger, D ^a   Lay, M ^a   Bucker Nott H J ^b   Kolominsky Rabas, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Landwirtschaftskammer Westfalen Lippe   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; REGISTER; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038753786     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38956     Document Type: Article

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