Death, dependency and health status 90days following hospital admission for acute stroke in NSW

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 736-743

  Middleton, S ^a,b,c   Levi, C ^d   Ward, J ^e   Grimshaw, J ^f   Griffiths, R ^g   D'Este, C ^h   Dale, S ^a,b,c   Quinn, C ⁱ   Evans, M ^d   Cadilhac, D ^j   Mcelduff, P ^h  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

ⁱ PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Patient outcomes; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARTHEL INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED RANKIN SCORE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT FORM 36; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053547966     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02330.x     Document Type: Article

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