Metropolitan-rural divide for stroke outcomes: Do stroke units make a difference?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Cadilhac, D A ^a,b   Kilkenny, M F ^a,b   Longworth, M ^c,g   Pollack, M R P ^d   Levi, C R ^e,f  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d Hunter Stroke Service   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Statewide Stroke Services NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metropolitan hospital; New South Wales; Outcome assessment (healthcare); Rural hospital; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955021115     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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