Stroke centers and quality of stroke care: How are we doing?

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1956-1957

  Mackey, Jason ^a   Kleindorfer, Dawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE UNIT;

EID: 79958772495     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821e55c2     Document Type: Editorial

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