Duration of hospital participation in a nationwide stroke registry is associated with improved quality of care.

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Published in BMC Neurol on June 01, 2006

Authors

Nancy K Hills1, S Claiborne Johnston

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Box 0114, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., M-798, San Francisco, CA 94143-0114, USA. nancy.hills@ucsfmedctr.org

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