The safety of hospital stroke care

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 550-555

  Holloway, Robert G ^a,b,c   Tuttle, Deborah ^a,b   Baird, Tracy ^a   Skelton, W Keith ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847211372     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000254992.39919.2e     Document Type: Article

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