Socioeconomic differences in quality of care and clinical outcome after stroke: A nationwide population-based study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2896-2902

  Langagergaard, Vivian ^a   Palnum, Kaare H ^a   Mehnert, Frank ^a   Ingeman, Annette ^b   Krogh, Birgitte R ^b   Bartels, Paul ^b   Johnsen, Søren P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NIP   (Denmark)

Author keywords

outcome; quality of care; socioeconomic status; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053309775     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.611871     Document Type: Article

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