Advances in health policy and outcomes

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Rudd, Anthony G ^a   Williams, Linda S ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advances; Health policy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549112495     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.544551     Document Type: Short Survey

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