Declining US stroke hospitalization since 1997: National hospital discharge survey, 1988-2004

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Fang, Jing ^a   Alderman, Michael H ^b   Keenan, Nora L ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

National Hospital Discharge Survey; Stroke hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEX RATIO; STROKE;

EID: 38849162209     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112857     Document Type: Article

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