Effect of a provincial system of stroke care delivery on stroke care and outcomes

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Kapral, Moira K ^a,b,c,d   Fang, Jiming ^c   Silver, Frank L ^a,e   Hall, Ruth ^b,c   Stamplecoski, Melissa ^c   O'Callaghan, Christina ^f   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f Ontario Stroke Network   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT CARE; REGIONALIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84880017389     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121418     Document Type: Article

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