Growth of regional acute stroke systems of care in the United States in the first decade of the 21st century

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1975-1978

  Song, Sarah ^a   Saver, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

all cerebrovascular disease; emergency medicine and stroke; health policy; outcome research

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LAW; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863301893     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.657809     Document Type: Review

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