Quality enhancement research initiative in stroke: Prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Oddone, Eugene ^a,b   Brass, Lawrence M ^c   Booss, John ^c   Goldstein, Larry ^d   Alley, Linda ^e   Horner, Ronnie ^b   Rosen, Amy ^e   Kaplan, Lyla ^b  

^a HSRandD   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Duke Center for Human Genetics   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prevention; QUERI; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCUMENTATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 18744433524     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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