Emergency department crowding and time to care in patients with acute stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1074-1080

  Chatterjee, Pia ^a   Cucchiara, Brett L ^b   Lazarciuc, Nicole ^c   Shofer, Frances S ^d   Pines, Jesse M ^e,f  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Center for Health Care Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

crowing; emergency; overcrowding; quality; stroke; time to care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WAITING ROOM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 79954887058     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.586610     Document Type: Article

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