Sustained benefit of a community and professional intervention to increase acute stroke therapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2198-2202

  Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b   Bartholomew, L Kay ^c   Grotta, James C ^a   Staub, Lara ^a   King, Mary ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0141889869     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.18.2198     Document Type: Article

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