Comparison of stroke ward care versus mobile stroke teams in the Hungarian stroke database project

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 757-761

  Ovary C ^a   Szegedi, N ^a   May, Z ^a   Gubucz, I ^a   Nagy, Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Institutionalization; Stroke care; Stroke team; Stroke ward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347358650     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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