Impact of living alone on the care and outcomes of patients with acute stroke

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3083-3085

  Reeves, Mathew J ^a   Prager, Marla ^b   Fang, Jiming ^b   Stamplecoski, Melissa ^b   Kapral, Moira K ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

living arrangements; social isolation; stroke care

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STROKE PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; STROKE; TIME TO TREATMENT; UTILIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84922480585     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006520     Document Type: Article

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