Acute Pediatric Stroke
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Acute Pediatric Stroke
Background and Purpose—Recent studies examined the overall cost of pediatric stroke, but there are little data regarding the sources of these costs. We examined an administrative database that collected charges from 24 US children’s hospitals to determine the sources of costs for acute hospital care of stroke. Methods—We used International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes to searc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.111.614917