Strategies to Improve Stroke Care Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 45-61

  William, Akanksha G ^a   Kate, Mahesh P ^a   Norrving, Bo ^b,c   Mensah, George A ^d,ah   Davis, Stephen ^e   Roth, Gregory A ^f   Thrift, Amanda G ^g   Kengne, Andre P ^h   Kissela, Brett M ⁱ   Yu, Chuanhua ^j   Kim, Daniel ^k   Rojas Rueda, David ^l   Tirschwell, David L ^m   Abd Allah, Foad ^e   Gankpé, Fortuné ⁿ   Deveber, Gabrielle ^o   Hankey, Graeme J ^p   Jonas, Jost B ^q   Sheth, Kevin N ^r   Dokova, Klara ^s   Mehndiratta, Man Mohan ^t   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^u   Giroud, Maurice ^v   Bejot, Yannick ^w   Sacco, Ralph ^h,x   Sahathevan, Ramesh ^d   Hamadeh, Randah R ^y   Gillum, Richard ^z   Westerman, Ronny ^aa   Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola ^ab   Barker Collo, Suzanne ^ab   Truelsen, Thomas ^ac   Caso, Valeria ^ad   Rajagopalan, Vasanthan ^ae   Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy ^af   Vlassovi, Vasiliy V ^ag   Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai ^a   Feigin, Valery L ^e   more..

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h University Hospital of Dijon   (France)

ⁱ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

ⁿ CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^o HASSAN II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^p HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^q PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^s YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^u Janakpuri Superspeciality Hospital   (India)

^v WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^w DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^y ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^z HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aa FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^ae MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^af RAFFLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^ag NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^ah Division of Clinical Sciences   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NURSE TRAINING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE UNIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE REHABILITATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 85028301222     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000479518     Document Type: Article

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