Joint Commission Primary Stroke Centers Utilize More rt‐PA in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
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Joint Commission Primary Stroke Centers Utilize More rt‐PA in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
BACKGROUND The Joint Commission began certifying primary stroke centers (PSCs) in December 2003 and provides a standardized definition of stroke center care. It is unknown if PSCs outperform noncertified hospitals. We hypothesized that PSCs would use more recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) for ischemic stroke than would non-PSCs. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were obtained from the N...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Heart Association
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2047-9980,2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/jaha.112.000071