Factors associated with 28-day hospital readmission after stroke in Australia

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2260-2268

  Kilkenny, Monique F ^a,b,c   Longworth, Mark ^d   Pollack, Michael ^e,f   Levi, Christopher ^e,f   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

^e Department of Neurology Hunter Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; complications; hospital readmission; length of stay; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT;

AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880767249     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000531     Document Type: Article

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