Readmissions after stroke: linked data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry and hospital databases.

CONCLUSIONS: Linking clinical registry data with routinely collected hospital data for stroke and TIA is feasible in Victoria. Using these linked data, we found that readmission to hospital is common in this patient group and is related to their comorbid conditions.
PMID: 26175251 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Med J Aust - July 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kilkenny MF, Dewey HM, Sundararajan V, Andrew NE, Lannin N, Anderson CS, Donnan GA, Cadilhac DA Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research