Does primary stroke center certification change ED diagnosis, utilization, and disposition of patients with acute stroke?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1152-1162

  Ballard, Dustin W ^a,b   Reed, Mary E ^b   Huang, Jie ^b   Kramer, Barbara J ^b   Hsu, John ^b   Chettipally, Uli ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERTIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERTIFICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865482252     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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