Delay in seeking treatment by patients with stroke: Who decides, where they go, and how long it takes

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Geffner, Daniel ^a   Soriano, Cristina ^a   Pérez, Teresa ^a   Vilar, Carlos ^a   Rodríguez, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Admission delay; Cerebrovascular disease; Emergency department; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84655163340     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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