Falling through the net of stroke care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-356

  Mold, Freda ^a   Wolfe, Charles ^a   McKevitt, Christopher ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delivery of health care; Inequalities; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745243784     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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