The impact of stroke unit care on outcome in a Scottish stroke population, taking into account case mix and selection bias

Conclusions In routine practice, stroke unit admission is associated with a greater likelihood of discharge home and with lower mortality up to 1 year, after correcting for known independent predictors of outcome, and excluding early non-modifiable mortality.

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Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - February 12, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Turner, M., Barber, M., Dodds, H., Dennis, M., Langhorne, P., Macleod, M. J., on behalf of the Scottish Stroke Care Audit Tags: Open access, Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Source Type: research