Positive correlation between care given by specialists and registered nurses and improved outcomes for stroke patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 137-142

  Han, Kyu Tae ^a,b   Kim, Sun Jung ^a,c   Jang, Sung In ^a,b   Kim, Seung Ju ^a,b   Lee, Seo Yoon ^a,b   Lee, Hyo Jung ^a,b   Park, Eun Cheol ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Namseoul University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Death; Quality of care; Readmission; Registered nurse; Specialist; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTERED NURSE; STROKE PATIENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929993760     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.04.034     Document Type: Article

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