Benchmarks and determinants of adherence to stroke performance measures

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1619-1620

  Hinchey, Judith A ^a   Shephard, Timothy ^b   Tonn, Sarah T ^c   Ruthazer, Robin ^a   Selker, Harry P ^a   Kent, David M ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Stroke System Consulting   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Delivery of health care; Practice improvement; Process assessment (health care); Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STROKE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 44449176692     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496570     Document Type: Article

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