Expansion of U.S. emergency medical service routing for stroke care: 2000-2010.

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Published in West J Emerg Med on July 01, 2014

Authors

Natalie Hanks1, Ge Wen1, Shuhan He2, Sarah Song3, Jeffrey L Saver4, Steven Cen5, May Kim-Tenser5, William Mack6, Nerses Sanossian5

Author Affiliations

1: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Los Angeles, California.
2: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
3: Rush University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Chicago, Illinois.
4: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Los Angeles, California.
5: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Departments of Neurology and Roxanna Todd Hodges Comprehensive Stroke Clinic, Los Angeles, California.
6: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery and Roxanna Todd Hodges Comprehensive Stroke Clinic, Los Angeles, California.

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