Noncompliance with certain quality indicators is associated with risk-adjusted mortality after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1094-1100

  Abilleira, Sònia ^a,b,c   Ribera, Aida ^b   Permanyer Miralda, Gaietà ^b,c   Tresserras, Ricard ^d   Gallofré, Miquel ^b,d  

^a Catalan Agency for Health Information   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

acute stroke; healthcare; outcomes; quality; stroke care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859423021     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.633578     Document Type: Article

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