Fragmentation of care and the use of head computed tomography in patients with ischemic stroke

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 430-436

  Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Roberts, David W ^a,b   Zhou, Weiping ^c   Skinner, Jonathan S ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Multidetector computed tomography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903577465     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000745     Document Type: Article

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