30-day risk-standardized mortality and readmission rates after ischemic stroke in critical access hospitals

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2741-2747

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a   Leifheit Limson, Erica C ^a   Jones, Sara B ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Goldstein, Larry B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

critical access hospital; ischemic stroke; mortality; outcomes; readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATE; RISK STANDARDIZED READMISSION RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL CODING; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866738720     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.665646     Document Type: Article

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