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

• Main Authors: Hickenbottom Susan L (Author), Meurer William J (Author), Frederiksen Shirley (Author), Silbergleit Robert (Author), Caveney Angela F (Author), Smith Rodney W (Author), Scott Phillip A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...