Quality of care for in-hospital stroke: Analysis of a statewide registry

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-210

  Cumbler, Ethan ^a   Murphy, Paul ^b   Jones, William J ^a   Wald, Heidi L ^a   Kutner, Jean S ^a   Smith, Don B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Colorado Stroke Alliance ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital; Organized stroke care; Outcomes; Quality; Registries

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COLORADO; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

EID: 79451473526     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.590265     Document Type: Article

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