The Second Stroke Audit of Catalonia shows improvements in many, but not all quality indicators

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Abilleira, Sònia ^a,b   Ribera, Aida ^b,c   Sánchez, Emília ^a,b   Tresserras, Ricard ^d   Gallofré, Miquel ^d  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Information Assessment and Quality (CAHIAQ)   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Process assessment (health care); Quality monitoring; Quality of health care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; STROKE;

EID: 84155192567     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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