Five-year rehospitalization outcomes in a cohort of patients with acute ischemic stroke: Medicare linkage study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1556-1562

  Lakshminarayan, Kamakshi ^a,b   Schissel, Candace ^a   Anderson, David C ^b   Vazquez, Gabriela ^b   Jacobs, David R ^a   Ezzeddine, Mustapha ^b   Luepker, Russell V ^a   Virnig, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

rehospitalization after stroke; stroke mortality; stroke outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958285118     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.605600     Document Type: Article

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