Cross-national key performance measures of the quality of acute stroke care in Western Europe

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2891-2895

  Norrving, Bo ^a   Bray, Benjamin D ^b   Asplund, Kjell ^c   Heuschmann, Peter ^d   Langhorne, Peter ^e   Rudd, Anthony G ^b,f   Wagner, Markus ^g   Wiedmann, Silke ^d   Wolfe, Charles D A ^b,f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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

^g German Stroke Foundation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Europe; Quality indicators, health care; Quality of healthcare; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSENSUS; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REGISTER; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE UNIT; WESTERN EUROPE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EUROPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONSENSUS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EUROPE; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84942898192     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008811     Document Type: Article

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