Demographic and stroke-related factors as predictors of quality of acute stroke care provided by allied health professionals | Zendy

Julie Luker | Zendy; Julie Bernhardt | Zendy; Karen Grimmer | Zendy

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Demographic and stroke-related factors as predictors of quality of acute stroke care provided by allied health professionals

Author(s) -

Julie Luker,

Julie Bernhardt,

Karen Grimmer

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of multidisciplinary healthcare

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65

H-Index - 30

ISSN - 1178-2390

DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s22569

Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , medicine , acute stroke , health professionals , health care , alternative medicine , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , nursing , pathology , engineering , emergency department , mechanical engineering , economics , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology

We recently indicated that patient age on its own is not a determinant of quality of allied health care received after an acute stroke. It has not been tested whether other non-age variables influence care decisions made by allied health professionals. This paper explores demographic and stroke-related variables that are putatively associated with the quality of care provided to acute stroke patients by allied health professionals.

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