Patient dissatisfaction with acute stroke care

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3851-3856

  Asplund, Kjell ^a   Jonsson, Fredrik ^a   Eriksson, Marie ^a   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^b   Appelros, Peter ^c   Norrving, Bo ^d   Terént, Andreas ^e   Åsberg, Kerstin Hulter ^f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Enkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute stroke care; Patient satisfaction; Stroke outcome; Stroke services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449100435     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.561985     Document Type: Article

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