Care for patients after stroke. Results of a two-year prospective observational study from Mazowieckie province in Poland

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-237

  Skibicka, Izabela ^a   Niewada, Maciej ^a,b   Skowrońska, Marta ^b   Członkowska, Anna ^a,b   Członkowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology Warszawa Il Klinika Neurologii   (Poland)

Author keywords

Post stroke care; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLAND; STROKE;

EID: 77954702217     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3843(14)60036-0     Document Type: Article

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