Regional differences in emergency medical services use for patients with acute stroke (Findings from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Emergency Department Data File)

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Govindarajan, Prasanthi ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Claiborne Johnston, S ^a,b   Fahimi, Jahan ^a   Poisson, Sharon ^b   Stein, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED STATES; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889032035     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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