Barriers and facilitators to implementing primary stroke center policy in the United States: Results from 4 case study states

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 561-566

  O'Toole Jr , Laurence J ^a   Slade, Catherine P ^a   Brewer, Gene A ^a   Gase, Lauren N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW MEXICO; NEW YORK; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951587606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.197954     Document Type: Article

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