Development and implementation of evidence-based indicators for measuring quality of acute stroke care: The Quality Indicator Board of the German Stroke Registers Study Group (ADSR)

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2573-2578

  Heuschmann, Peter U ^a,b   Biegler, Marcel K ^c,d   Busse, Otto ^f,h   Elsner, Susanne ^j   Grau, Armin ^c,e   Hasenbein, Uwe ^k   Hermanek, Peter ^l   Janzen, Rudolf W C ^i,m   Kolominisky Rabas, Peter L ^f,g   Kraywinkel, Klaus ^b   Lowitzsch, Klaus ^c,e   Misselwitz, Bjoern ^m,n   Nabavi, Darius G ^b   Otten, Kirsten ^p   Pientka, Ludger ^q   Von Reutern, Gerhard M ^m,o   Ringelstein, Erich Bernd ^b,f   Sander, Dirk ^r   Wagner, Markus ^s   Berger, Klaus ^a,b  

^a Stroke Register Northwest Germany ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Stroke Register Rhineland Palatinate   (Germany)

^d SQMed gGmbH   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^f German Stroke Society   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h German Society of Neurology   (Germany)

ⁱ German Society of Neurology   (Germany)

^j Rehabilitation and Organization Division   (Germany)

^k OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l Regional Office for Quality Assurance Bavaria (BAQ)   (Germany)

^m Stroke Register Hesse   (Germany)

ⁿ Regional Office for Quality Assurance Hesse (GQH)   (Germany)

^o Asklepios Klinik Bad Salzhausen   (Germany)

^p Stroke Register North Rhine   (Germany)

^q RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^s German Stroke Foundation   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Acute care; Quality indicators; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749074241     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000241086.92084.c0     Document Type: Article

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