Geographic differences in acute stroke care in Catalunya: Impact of a regional interhospital network

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-288

  Ribo, Marc ^a,c   Molina, Carlos A ^a   Pedragosa, Angels ^b   Sanclemente, Carme ^b   Santamarina, Estevo ^a   Rubiera, Marta ^a   Delgado Mederos, Raquel ^a   Maisterra, Olga ^a   Quintana, Manuel ^a   Alvarez Sabin, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stroke care, Catalunya; Interhospital network

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; SPAIN; STROKE; STROKE UNIT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549083562     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147457     Document Type: Article

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