National trends in ambulance use by patients with stroke, 1997-2008

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1026-1028

  Kamel, Hooman ^a   Navi, Babak B ^a   Fahimi, Jahan ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858219256     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.285     Document Type: Letter

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