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. 2015 Oct;8(6 Suppl 3):S193-4.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.115.002082.

Mapping Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers by Certification Organization

Linda J Schieb  1 , Michele L Casper  2 , Mary G George  2
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Mapping Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers by Certification Organization

Linda J Schieb et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: geographic mapping; health services accessibility; stroke.

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Figure 1
Comprehensive Stroke Centers 2015, with stroke hospitalization rates among Medicare beneficiaries and stroke hospitalization rates among black medicare beneficiaries only, 2010 to 2012.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Primary Stroke Centers 2015, with stroke hospitalization rates among Medicare beneficiaries and percentage of stroke hospitalizations in which medicare beneficiaries died before discharge from the hospital, 2010 to 2012.
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