Off-hours admission and acute stroke care quality: A nationwide study of performance measures and case-fatality

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3663-3669

  Kristiansen, Nina Sahlertz ^a,b   Mainz, Jan ^c   Nørgård, Bente Mertz ^b,d   Bartels, Paul D ^e,f   Andersen, Grethe ^g   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^g  

^a Center for Quality Improvement   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Danish Regions   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Quality of care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TIME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922480821     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005535     Document Type: Article

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