Stroke unit care is beneficial both for the patient and for the health service and should be widely implemented

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Indredavik, Bent ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 60549092894     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.529271     Document Type: Editorial

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