The effect of imaging capacity on the imaging workup of patients with stroke: A preliminary case for a cross-country comparison

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 428-435.e3

  Rosen, Max P ^a   Oake, Natalie ^b,c   Forster, Alan J ^b,c,d   Goelman, Ari ^e   Levy, Frank ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative studies; CT; MR imaging; outcomes analysis; stroke; technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928096774     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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