Community-based care of stroke patients in a rural African setting

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 579-583

  Wasserman, Sean ^a   de Villiers, Linda ^b   Bryer, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANKIN SCALE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE;

EID: 70049083245     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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