Readmission after hospitalization for stroke in Taiwan: Results from a national sample

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-55

  Tseng, Mei Chiun ^a   Lin, Huey Juan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Readmission; Stroke; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TAIWAN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACCIDENTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RECURRENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 67849106396     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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