Comparing and predicting the costs and outcomes of patients with major and minor stroke using the boston acute stroke imaging scale neuroimaging classification system

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 703-709

  Cipriano, L E ^a   Steinberg, M L ^b   Gazelle, G S ^a,c,d   Gonzalez R G ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649099234     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1441     Document Type: Article

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