30-Day survival and rehospitalization for stroke patients according to physician specialty

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Smith, Maureen A ^a   Liou, Jinn Ing ^a   Frytak, Jennifer R ^b   Finch, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ingenix Inc   (United States)

^c Finch and King Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare data; Neurology care post stroke; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 33745031367     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092333     Document Type: Article

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