Association between weekend hospital presentation and stroke fatality

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1589-1596

  Fang, Jiming ^a,c   Saposnik, Gustavo ^b,c,f   Silver, Frank L ^a,e,g   Kapral, Moira K ^a,b,c,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Women's Health Program   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Canadian Stroke Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349291536     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181fb84bc     Document Type: Article

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