Multispecialty stroke services in California hospitals are associated with reduced mortality

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1527-1532

  Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a,d   Zingmond, David S ^b   Cui, Xinping ^c   Vickrey, Barbara G ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745362113     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000203993.93763.b8     Document Type: Article

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