Process of care and mortality of stroke patients with and without a do not resuscitate order in the West Midlands, UK

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-106

  Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^a   Bentham, Louise ^a   Stevens, Andrew ^a   Hussain, Shakir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNR; Do not resuscitate; Mortality; Outcome; Process of care; Quality of care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33645552787     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi081     Document Type: Review

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