Are patients with intracerebral haemorrhage disadvantaged in hospitals?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-442

  Sheedy, Renee ^a,b   Bernhardt, Julie ^b,c   Levi, Christopher R ^d   Longworth, Mark ^e   Churilov, Leonid ^c   Kilkenny, Monique F ^c,f   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^c,f  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital management; Indicators; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Quality assessment; Stroke; Stroke care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE UNIT; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DATASETS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899899722     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12223     Document Type: Article

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