Seasonal variation in 30-day mortality after stroke: Teaching versus nonteaching hospitals

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 531-533

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WINTER;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STROKE;

EID: 84872960975     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.670547     Document Type: Review

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