Influence of hospital-level practices on readmission after ischemic stroke

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2196-2204

  Burke, James F ^a,b   Skolarus, Lesli E ^b   Adelman, Eric E ^b   Reeves, Mathew J ^c   Brown, Devin L ^b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL LEVEL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SPEECH THERAPY; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903945589     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000514     Document Type: Article

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