Utilisation of diagnostic computerised tomography imaging and immediate clinical outcomes in older people with stroke before and after introduction of the National Service Framework for older people. A comparative study of hospital-based stroke registry data (1997–2003): Norfolk experience | Zendy

Phyo Kyaw Myint | Zendy; Sarah L. Vowler | Zendy; Oliver Redmayne | Zendy; Robert Fulcher | Zendy

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Utilisation of diagnostic computerised tomography imaging and immediate clinical outcomes in older people with stroke before and after introduction of the National Service Framework for older people. A comparative study of hospital-based stroke registry data (1997–2003): Norfolk experience

Author(s) -

Phyo Kyaw Myint,

Sarah L. Vowler,

Oliver Redmayne,

Robert Fulcher

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afl030

Subject(s) - medicine , older people , stroke (engine) , computed tomography , gerontology , service (business) , national service framework , medical physics , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering , economy , economics

how the National Service Framework (NSF) for older people in England might be associated with changes in clinically relevant stroke outcome has not been investigated. We looked for changes in computerised tomography (CT) scan rate, inpatient case-fatality rate (CFR), length of acute hospital stay and discharge destination for older people with stroke, compared with their younger counterparts, for a period before, and after, the introduction of the NSF.

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