Admission and Readmission/Death Patterns in Hospitalized and Non-hospitalized First-Ever-in-a-Lifetime Stroke Patients During the First Year: A Population-Based Incidence Study

Admission and Readmission/Death Patterns in Hospitalized and Non-hospitalized First-Ever-in-a-Lifetime Stroke Patients During the First Year: A Population-Based Incidence Study

Background: Hospitalization and readmission rates after a first-ever-in-a-lifetime stroke (FELS) are considered measures of quality of care and, importantly, may give valuable information to better allocate health-related resources. We aimed to investigate the hospitalization pattern and the unplann...

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Main Authors: Pedro Abreu, Rui Magalhães, Diana Baptista, Elsa Azevedo, Manuel Correia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
stroke
epidemiology
community-based study
patient admission
stroke readmissions
mortality
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.685821/full

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