Rural Organisation of Acute Stroke Teams project

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Wright, A A ^a,b   Ranmuthugala, G ^b   Jones, J ^b   Maydom, B ^a   Disler, P ^b  

^a West Gippsland Hospital   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stroke care; Best practice guidelines; Evidence based guideline; Key performance indicator; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL ORGANIZATION OF AUSTRALIAN STROKE TEAMS; STROKE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTORIA;

EID: 38049066072     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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