Utilisation of diagnostic computerised tomography imaging and immediate clinical outcomes in older people with stroke before and after introduction of the National Service Framework for older people. A comparative study of hospital-based stroke registry data (1997-2003): Norfolk experience

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-403

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b,d   Vowler, Sarah L ^c   Redmayne, Oliver ^a   Fulcher, Robert A ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; NSF; Older people; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745334571     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl030     Document Type: Article

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