Analysis of the costs and payments of a coordinated stroke center and regional stroke network

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2254-2259

  Rymer, Marilyn M ^a   Armstrong, Edward P ^b   Meredith, Neil R ^c   Pham, Sissi V ^d   Thorpe, Kevin ^e   Kruzikas, Denise T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sissi Pham Consulting Inc   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; guidelines; stroke; thrombolytic; tissue type plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COST; GUIDELINES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC; TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84880770279     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001370     Document Type: Article

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