Variations in quality indicators of acute stroke care in 6 european countries: The European Implementation Score (EIS) collaboration

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 458-463

  Wiedmann, Silke ^a   Norrving, Bo ^b   Nowe, Tim ^c   Abilleira, Sònia ^d   Asplund, Kjell ^e   Dennis, Martin ^f   Hermanek, Peter ^g   Rudd, Anthony ^h   Thijs, Vincent ⁱ   Wolfe, Charles D A ^h,j,k   Heuschmann, Peter U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Stroke Programme/Catalan Agency for Health Information Assessment and Quality   (Spain)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Bavarian Permanent Working Party for Quality Assurance   (Germany)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^k GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

quality indicators; quality of health care; stroke audits; stroke care; stroke registers

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SWALLOWING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BENCHMARKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84856414289     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.628396     Document Type: Article

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