Comprehensive stroke centers and the 'Weekend Effect': The SPOTRIAS experience on behalf of the SPOTRIAS investigators

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 424-429

  Albright, Karen C ^a,b,c,d   Savitz, Sean I ^e   Raman, Rema ^f   Martin Schild, Sheryl ^h   Broderick, Joseph ⁱ   Ernstrom, Karin ^f   Ford, Andria ^j   Khatri, Rakesh ⁱ   Kleindorfer, Dawn ⁱ   Liebeskind, David ^k   Marshall, Randolph ^l   Merino, José G ^m   Meyer, Dawn M ^g   Rost, Natalia ⁿ   Meyer, Brett C ^g  

^a Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

ⁿ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acute stroke; Organized stroke care; The 'weekend effect'

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870298757     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345077     Document Type: Article

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