An emergency clinical pathway for stroke patients - Results of a cluster randomised trial (isrctn41456865)

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  De Luca, Assunta ^a   Toni, Danilo ^b   Lauria, Laura ^a   Sacchetti, Maria Luisa ^b   Giorgi Rossi, Paolo ^a   Ferri, Marica ^a   Puca, Emanuele ^b   Prencipe, Massimiliano ^b   Guasticchi, Gabriella ^a   Barletta, Cinzia ^c   Susi, Beniamino ^d   Tasciotti, Pierluigi ^e   Antimi, Franco ^f  

^a Public Health Agency of Regione Lazio   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^e Emergency Medical Services   (Canada)

^f EMS Lazium Region ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 60149088447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-14     Document Type: Article

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