Factors affecting length of hospital stay in stroke survivors in South Africa: A call for a stroke unit

Background: Stroke in Africa is a growing and neglected crisis with the incidence more than doubling in low- to middle-income countries in the last four decades. Despite this growing threat, implementation of stroke models of care in hospitals is lacking. Stroke units as a model of care have been sh...

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Main Authors: Stephanie C. Pillay, Roxann Redant, Nadia Umuneza, Azra Hoosen, Fiona Breytenbach, Sameera Haffejee, Zvifadzo Matsena-Zingoni, Kganetso Sekome
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2022-12-01
Series:African Journal of Disability
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Online Access:https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1065