Healthcare-associated infections in acute ischaemic stroke patients from 36 Japanese hospitals: Risk-adjusted economic and clinical outcomes

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-24

  Lee, Jason ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Sekimoto, Miho ^a   Ikai, Hiroshi ^a   Otsubo, Tetsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost factors; Cross infections; Health economics; Ischaemic stroke; Japan; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; JAPANESE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMA; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650959060     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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