Protocol for an observation and implementation study investigating optimisation of the management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA)

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sheppard, James Peter ^a   Mellor, Ruth Mary ^a   Bailey, Sheila Marie ^a   Barton, Pelham ^a   Boyal, Amunpreet ^a   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   Jowett, Sue ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^b   Quinn, Tom ^c   Singh, Satinder ^a   McManus, Richard J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84863711496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001430     Document Type: Article

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