Sex-Related Differences in Quality of Care and Short-Term Mortality Among Patients With Acute Stroke in Denmark
Author(s) -
K. D. Palnum,
Grethe Andersen,
Annette Ingeman,
Birgitte Randrup Krog,
Paul Bartels,
Søren Paaske Johnsen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.543819
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , danish , population , emergency medicine , relative risk , mortality rate , demography , pediatrics , physical therapy , environmental health , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , engineering
Sex may predict level of care and successive outcome among patients with stroke. We examined fulfillment of quality of care criteria according to sex and possible impact of any sex-related differences on short-term mortality in a population-based nationwide follow-up study in Denmark.
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