Stroke severity and early recovery after first-ever ischemic stroke: Results of a hospital-based study in Taiwan

Health Policy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-78

  Tseng, Mei Chiun ^a   Chang, Ku Chou ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Outcomes; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748775459     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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