Impact of centralising acute stroke services in English metropolitan areas on mortality and length of hospital stay: Difference-in-differences analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Morris, Stephen ^a   Hunter, Rachael M ^a   Ramsay, Angus I G ^a   Boaden, Ruth ^b   McKevitt, Christopher ^c   Perry, Catherine ^b   Pursani, Nanik ^c   Rudd, Anthony G ^d   Schwamm, Lee H ^e   Turner, Simon J ^a   Tyrrell, Pippa J ^f   Wolfe, Charles D A ^c,g   Fulop, Naomi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g BHF Centre for Regenerative Medicine and BHF Centre of Excellence and the Biomedical Research Centre at Guy s St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and King s College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRALIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84905457658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4757     Document Type: Article

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