Basic characteristics of hospital stroke services in Eastern Hungary

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 461-466

  Mihálka, László ^a   Fekete, István ^a   Csépány, Tünde ^a   Csiba, László ^a   Bereczki, Dániel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Hospitalization; Mortality; Stroke unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0345085492     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007597718791     Document Type: Article

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