Processes of early stroke care and hospital costs

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 777-782

  Svendsen, Marie Louise ^a,b   Ehlers, Lars H ^c   Hundborg, Heidi H ^a   Ingeman, Annette ^a   Johnsen, Søren P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Health Technology Assessment and Health Services Research Public Health and Quality Improvement ^*  (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economics; Hospital costs; Length of stay; Quality indicators (health care); Quality of health care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; COST CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE UNIT; SWALLOWING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TIME;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERIZATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; REGISTRIES; RISK; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904605346     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12221     Document Type: Article

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