Influence of physician specialty on outcomes after acute ischemic stroke

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-192

  Gillum, Leslie Allison ^a   Johnston, S Claiborne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Outcomes measurement; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 48349107984     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.313     Document Type: Article

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