Reduction of length of stay and costs through the implementation of clinical pathways for stroke management in China

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Deng, Yiming ^a   Jiao, Yahui ^b   Hu, Ruirong ^b   Wang, Yilong ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^a   Zhao, Xingquan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Health and Family Planning Commission   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STROKE;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHINA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899967530     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.004729     Document Type: Article

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