Academic Year-end Changeover and Stroke Outcomes

Lower quality of care and poorer outcomes are suspected when new trainees (eg, residents) start in July in teaching hospitals, the so-called “the July effect.” We evaluated outcomes and processes of care among patients with an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) admitted in July versus other 11 months of the year.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 23, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Tai Hwan Park, Donald A. Redelmeier, Shudong Li, Jitphapa Pongmoragot, Gustavo Saposnik, Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke network (RCSN) for the Stroke Outcomes Research (SORCan) Working Group Source Type: research