Cost avoidance associated with optimal stroke care in canada

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2198-2206

  Krueger, Hans ^a,b   Lindsay, Patrice ^c,d   Cote, Robert ^f   Kapral, Moira K ^c,d,e,h   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^g,i   Hill, Michael D ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b H KRUEGER AND ASSOCIATES INC   (Canada)

^c Canadian Stroke Network   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

cerebrovascular disease stroke; health policy and outcome research; resource use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COST CONTROL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COST CONTROL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864288320     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.646091     Document Type: Article

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