Weekends: A dangerous time for having a stroke?

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1211-1215

  Saposnik, Gustavo ^a,c   Baibergenova, Akerke ^b   Bayer, Neville ^c   Hachinski, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Mortality; Outcomes research; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STROKE; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34247874752     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000259622.78616.ea     Document Type: Article

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