Primary stroke centers should be located using maximal coverage models for optimal access

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2417-2422

  Leira, Enrique C ^a   Fairchild, Geoffrey ^d   Segre, Alberto M ^d   Rushton, Gerard ^d   Froehler, Michael T ^a   Polgreen, Philip M ^b,c  

^a Department of Neurology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stroke; economics; emergency medicine; health policy; stroke delivery

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; IOWA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POPULATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865593458     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.653394     Document Type: Article

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