Comparing and ranking hospitals based on outcome: Results from The Netherlands Stroke Survey

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Lingsma, H F ^a   Steyerberg, E W ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a   Scholte Op Reimer, W J M ^b   van Houwelingen, H C ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE MIX; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950327319     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp169     Document Type: Article

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