Characteristics and Outcomes among Patients Transferred to Regional Stroke Centers across the United States for Specialized Stroke Care (S25.007)

Conclusions:Many hospitals receive high volumes of ischemic stroke patients via transfer. Because transfer-in patients have worse outcomes, these transfer-in patients have the potential to negatively influence institutional outcomes rates. Transfer-in patients should be carefully accounted for in risk adjusted models of hospital outcomes.Disclosure: Dr. Ali has nothing to disclose. Dr. Fonarow has received personal compensation for activities with UCLA as an employee. Dr. Fonarow has received research support from NIH. Dr. Smith has nothing to disclose. Dr. Liang has nothing to disclose. Dr. Xian has nothing to disclose. Dr. Bhatt has nothing to disclose. Dr. Schwamm has received personal compensation for activities with Lundbeck, LifeImage, and Medtronic as a consultant. Dr. Schwamm has received research support from NINDS and Genentech.

Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Ali, S., Fonarow, G., Smith, E., Liang, L., Xian, Y., Bhatt, D., Schwamm, L. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Prehospital and Emergency Department Ischemic Stroke Care Source Type: research