Stroke patients admitted within normal working hours are more likely to achieve process standards and to have better outcomes

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 138-143

  Turner, Melanie ^a   Barber, Mark ^b   Dodds, Hazel ^c   Dennis, Martin ^d   Langhorne, Peter ^e   Macleod, Mary Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOLIDAY; WEEKDAY; WEEKEND; WEEKNIGHT; WORKING TIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; LEISURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; SWALLOWING; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958928174     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-311273     Document Type: Article

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