Review: in-hospital care pathways for acute stroke do not improve clinical outcomes and lower quality of life.

نویسنده

  • S Claiborne Johnston
چکیده

D a t a s o u r c e s Studies were identified by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and CINAHL (to 2000) and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, the Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings, and HealthSTAR (to 2001); hand searching the Journal of Managed Care (1997 to 1998), which became the Journal of Integrated Care (1998 to 2001); checking reference lists; and contacting authors and researchers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • ACP journal club

دوره 137 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002