A qualitative exploration of discharge destination as an outcome or a driver of acute stroke care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Luker, Julie A ^a,b   Bernhardt, Julie ^b   Grimmer, Karen A ^a   Edwards, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Decision making; Evidence based practice; Health care disparities; Quality of care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901980084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-193     Document Type: Article

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