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  • Kurth T
  • Elkind MS
  • MESH
  • Brain Ischemia
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke

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Comparing hospitals on stroke care: the need to account for stroke severity.

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  • Publisher Full Text
  • Authors

    Kurth T, Elkind MS

    Source

    JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 308:3 2012 Jul 18 pg 292-4

    MeSH

    Brain Ischemia
    Female
    Hospital Mortality
    Hospitals
    Humans
    Male
    Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
    Quality Indicators, Health Care
    Severity of Illness Index
    Stroke

    Pub Type(s)

    Comment
    Editorial

    Language

    eng

    PubMed ID

    22797648

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