Quality of Care and Outcomes for In-Hospital Ischemic Stroke: Findings From the National Get With The Guidelines-Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
Compared with community-onset ischemic stroke, patients with in-hospital stroke experienced more severe strokes, received lower adherence to process-based quality measures, and had worse outcomes. These findings suggest there is an important opportunity for targeted quality improvement efforts for patients with in-hospital stroke.

Source: Stroke - December 23, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Cumbler, E., Wald, H., Bhatt, D. L., Cox, M., Xian, Y., Reeves, M., Smith, E. E., Schwamm, L., Fonarow, G. C. Tags: Health policy and outcome research, Emergency treatment of Stroke, Risk Factors for Stroke, Thrombolysis Clinical Sciences Source Type: research