Sex-related differences in quality of care and short-term mortality among patients with acute stroke in denmark a nationwide follow-up study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1134-1139

  Palnum, Kaare D ^a   Andersen, Grethe ^a   Ingeman, Annette ^b   Krog, Birgitte R ^b   Bartels, Paul ^b   Johnsen, Søren P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Aarhus Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Quality of care; Sex; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 65249141063     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.543819     Document Type: Article

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