The Impact of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Duty Hours, the July Phenomenon, and Hospital Teaching Status on Stroke Outcomes

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-238

  Alshekhlee, Amer ^a   Walbert, Tobias ^a   DeGeorgia, Michael ^a   Preston, David C ^a   Furlan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; July phenomenon; mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACCREDITATION; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449169218     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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