Patterns of emergency medical services use and its association with timely stroke treatment findings from Get with the Guidelines-Stroke

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-269

  Ekundayo, Olaniyi James ^a,b   Saver, Jeffrey L ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Schwamm, Lee H ^c   Xian, Ying ^d   Zhao, Xin ^d   Hernandez, Adrian F ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^d   Cheng, Eric M ^b,e  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Get With the Guidelines Stroke; Stroke

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE PATIENT;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GET WITH THE GUIDELINES-STROKE; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884494903     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000089     Document Type: Article

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