Stroke in rural areas and small communities

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1920-1928

  Joubert, Jacques ^a,e   Prentice, Louise F ^b   Moulin, Thierry ^f   Liaw, Siaw Teng ^c   Joubert, Lynette B ^c   Preux, Pierre Marie ^d   Ware, Dallas ^e   De Bustos, Elizabeth Medeiros ^f   Mclean, Allan ^g  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^e NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Health care; Rural; Stroke; Stroke care; Stroke delivery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COUNTRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COUNTRY; MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COUNTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 46249118153     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.501643     Document Type: Review

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