National stroke audit: a tool for change?
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National stroke audit: a tool for change?
OBJECTIVES To describe the standards of care for stroke patients in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and to determine the power of national audit, coupled with an active dissemination strategy to effect change. DESIGN A national audit of organisational structure and retrospective case note audit, repeated within 18 months. Separate postal questionnaires were used to identify the types of c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality and Safety in Health Care
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1475-3898,1475-3901
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.0100141