Acute stroke services in New Zealand: Changes between 2001 and 2007

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1285, 2008, Pages

  Barber, P Alan ^a   Gommans, John ^b   Fink, John ^c   Hanger, H Carl ^d   Bennett, Patricia ^a   Ataman, Nina ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE;

EID: 45449085267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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