Resource utilization and outcome at a university versus a community teaching hospital in tPA treated stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study

• Glavni autori: Hickenbottom Susan L (Autor), Meurer William J (Autor), Frederiksen Shirley (Autor), Silbergleit Robert (Autor), Caveney Angela F (Autor), Smith Rodney W (Autor), Scott Phillip A (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comparing patterns of resource utilization between hospitals is often complicated by biases in community and patient populations. Stroke patients treated with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) provide a particularly homogenous popul...