Cost of stroke from a tertiary center in northwest India

Neurology India

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 627-632

  Kwatra, Gagandeep ^a   Kaur, Paramdeep ^a   Toor, Gagan ^a   Badyal, Dinesh ^a   Kaur, Raminder ^a   Singh, Yashpal ^a   Pandian, Jeyaraj ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cost; developing country; indirect costs; socioeconomic; stroke; treatment

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84894168029     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.125270     Document Type: Article

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