Validation of Hospital Performance Measures of Acute Stroke Care Quality. Riksstroke, the Swedish Stroke Register

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 229-234

  Söderholm, Anna ^a   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Glader, Eva Lotta ^a   Asplund, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data quality; Performance measurement; Stroke register; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTENT VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; BENCHMARKING; HOSPITAL; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

BENCHMARKING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84961233718     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000444679     Document Type: Article

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