Economic benefit from clinical practice guideline compliance in stroke patient management

Health Policy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-315

  Quaglini, Silvana ^a   Cavallini, Anna ^b   Gerzeli, Simone ^a   Micieli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct hospital costs; Economic evaluation; Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242774614     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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