A national stroke quality register: 12 Years experience from a participating hospital

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 890-894

  Appelros, P ^a,b   Samuelsson, M ^a   Karlsson Tivenius, S ^a   Lokander, M ^a   Terent A ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Quality of health care; Registries; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34547116171     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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