Organization of a United States county system for comprehensive acute stroke care

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1089-1093

  Cramer, Steven C ^a   Stradling, Dana ^a   Brown, David M ^b   Carrillo Nunez, Ignacio M ^c   Ciabarra, Anthony ^d   Cummings, Michael ^e   Dauben, Richard ^f   Lombardi, David L ^g   Patel, Nirav ^h   Traynor, Elizabeth N ⁱ   Waldman, Stephen ^d   Miller, Ken ^j,k   Stratton, Samuel J ^j,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

^c Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^d ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MISSION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Western Medical Center   (United States)

^h Los Alamitos Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ Memorial Care   (United States)

^j Orange County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^k Orange County Fire Authority   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

acute care; prehospital systems; stroke centers

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULANCES; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CALIFORNIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; REPERFUSION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863403131     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.635334     Document Type: Article

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