Patients' age as a determinant of care received following acute stroke: A systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Luker, Julie A ^a   Wall, Kylie ^b   Bernhardt, Julie ^c,d   Edwards, Ian ^a   Grimmer Somers, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

EID: 79959830725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-161     Document Type: Review

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