Older patients with acute stroke in Denmark: Quality of care and short-term mortality. A nationwide follow-up study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-95

  Palnum, Kaare Dyre ^a   Petersen, Palle ^b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Ingeman, Anette ^c   Mainz, Jan ^c   Bartels, Paul ^c   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c The Coordinating Secretariat (NIP)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly; Prognosis; Quality of care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38549178970     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm134     Document Type: Article

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