Associations of physician volume and weekend admissions with ischemic stroke outcome in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1018-1025

  Tung, Yu Chi ^a   Chang, Guann Ming ^b   Chen, Yi Hau ^c  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outcome; Stroke; Volume; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DETERMINATION; TAIWAN;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 69449087983     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a81144     Document Type: Article

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