Inequalities in stroke patients' management in English public hospitals: a survey on 200,000 patients.

BACKGROUND: According to clinical guidelines, every patient affected by stroke should be given a brain-imaging scan (BIS) - Computerized Tomography or Magnetic Resonance Imaging - immediately after being admitted to hospital. AIM OF THE STUDY: To describe the variation in use of BIS among English pu...

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Main Authors: Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, William Palmer, Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3047540?pdf=render