Open AccessDo All Age Groups Benefit From Organized Inpatient Stroke Care?
Author(s) -
Gustavo Saposnik,
Moira K. Kapral,
Shelagh B. Coutts,
Jiming Fang,
Andrew M. Demchuk,
Michael D. Hill
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.109.554907
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
Organized inpatient stroke care consists of a multidisciplinary approach aimed at improving stroke outcomes. It is unclear whether elderly individuals benefit from these interventions to the same extent as younger patients. We sought to determine whether the reduction in mortality or institutionalization seen with organized stroke care was similar across all age groups.
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