A comparison of characteristics and resource use between in-hospital and admitted patients with stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Bhalla, Ajay ^a   Smeeton, Nigel ^b   Rudd, Anthony G ^a   Heuschmann, Peter ^b,c   Wolfe, Charles D A ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

hospital; resource; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONDON; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 77956326649     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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