Stroke care organization overcomes the deleterious 'weekend effect' on 1-month stroke mortality: A population-based study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1177-1183

  Bejot Y ^a   Aboa Eboule C ^a   Jacquin, A ^a   Troisgros, O ^b   Hervieu, M ^a   Durier, J ^a   Osseby, G V ^a   Giroud, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology of stroke; Outcomes; Registry; Stroke; Stroke care; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STROKE; OUTCOMES; REGISTRY; STROKE; STROKE CARE; WEEKEND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880136161     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12154     Document Type: Article

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