Dying for the weekend: A retrospective cohort study on the association between day of hospital presentation and the quality and safety of stroke care

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1296-1302

  Palmer, William L ^a,b   Bottle, Alex ^a   Davie, Charlie ^c   Vincent, Charles A ^a   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Audit Office   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 84867338605     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.1030     Document Type: Article

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