30-Day mortality and readmission after hemorrhagic stroke among medicare beneficiaries in Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center-certified and noncertified hospitals

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3387-3391

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a   Jones, Sara B ^a   Leifheit Limson, Erica C ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Goldstein, Larry B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified stroke center; Hemorrhagic stroke; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CERTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856216637     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.622613     Document Type: Article

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