An observational study of acute stroke care in four countries: The European registers of stroke study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Wellwood, I ^a   Langhorne, P ^b   McKevitt, C ^a   Bernhardt, J ^d   Rudd, A G ^c   Wolfe, C D A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Quality of healthcare; Stroke management; Stroke, registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BED REST; EARLY AMBULATION; EUROPE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649231145     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226116     Document Type: Article

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