Do-not-resuscitate orders, quality of care, and outcomes in veterans with acute ischemic stroke

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1990-1996

  Reeves, Mathew J ^a   Myers, Laura J ^b   Williams, Linda S ^b,c   Phipps, Michael S ^d   Bravata, Dawn M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84871203518     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182735ced     Document Type: Article

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