The effect of out of hours presentation with acute stroke on processes of care and outcomes: Analysis of data from the Stroke Improvement National Audit Programme (SINAP)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Campbell, James T P ^a   Bray, Benjamin D ^b   Hoffman, Alex M ^a   Kavanagh, Sara J ^a   Rudd, Anthony G ^b,c   Tyrrell, Pippa J ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895745820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087946     Document Type: Article

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