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| Does admission to hospital improve the outcome for stroke patients? | | Author(s) | Ajay Bhalla, Ruth Dundas, Anthony G Rudd |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 30, no 3, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp 197-204 |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Admission [hospitals] ; Home nursing ; Comparison ; Southwark ; Lambeth. |
| Annotation | The community-based South London Stroke Register was established in Southwark and North Lambeth, 1139 patients with first stroke being registered between 1995 and 1998. This is the first detailed analysis of admitted and non-admitted stroke patients in an unbiased sample of all stroke patients. Those with clinical indicators for a more severe stroke were more likely to be admitted to hospital. An unexpected finding of the study was that hospitalised stroke patients appeared to have higher mortality and disability rates than those who remained at home. There may be some aspects of acute hospital care that may be detrimental to outcomes in certain groups of stroke patients, which require further investigation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010702502 A |
| Classmark | CQA: LD:QKH: N4: 48: 82LT: 82LN |
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