Randomized, controlled trial of an intervention to enable stroke survivors throughout the los angeles county safety net to "stay with the guidelines"

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Cheng, Eric M ^a,b,i   Cunningham, William E ^a   Towfighi, Amytis ^c,d   Sanossian, Nerses ^d   Bryg, Robert J ^e   Anderson, Thomas L ^f   Guterman, Jeffrey J ^a,e   Gross Schulman, Sandra G ^e   Beanes, Sylvia ^g   Jones, Andrea S ^h   Liu, Honghu ^a   Ettner, Susan L ^a   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a   Vickrey, Barbara G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Risk factors; Secondary prevention; Self management; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959744859     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.951012     Document Type: Article

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