Effects of centralizing acute stroke services on stroke care provision in two large metropolitan areas in England

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2244-2251

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centralization; Evaluation; Quality indicators; Regional variation; Stroke care; Stroke units; Systems of care

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CENTRALIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84941787577     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009723     Document Type: Article

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