Redirecting patients to improve stroke outcomes: Implications of a volume-based approach in one urban market

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1129-1136

  Votruba, Mark E ^a,b,c   Cebul, Randall D ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Regionalization; Selective referral; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33751349461     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000237424.15716.47     Document Type: Article

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