Stroke Monitoring on a National Level
Author(s) -
Atte Meretoja,
Risto O. Roine,
Markku Kaste,
Miika Linna,
Merja Juntunen,
T. Erilä,
Matti Hillbom,
Reijo J. Marttila,
Aimo Rissanen,
Juhani Sivenius,
Unto Häkkinen
Publication year - 2010
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.110.595173
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , case fatality rate , emergency medicine , database , national database , pediatrics , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , epidemiology , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science
Stroke databases are established to systematically evaluate both the treatment and outcome of stroke patients and the structure and processes of stroke services. Comprehensive data collection on this common disease is resource-intensive, and national stroke databases often include only patients from selected hospitals. Here we describe an alternative national stroke database.
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