Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care
(2003) In Cerebrovascular Diseases 15(Suppl. 1). p.5-7- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register on stroke care, provides unique opportunities to evaluate stroke units in routine clinical care. METHODS: Basic patient characteristics, process indicators and outcome variables are recorded in all 85 hospitals admitting acute stroke patients. A 3-month follow-up is included. RESULTS: There are wide variations between hospitals in the proportion of patients admitted to a stroke unit, in secondary prevention and in the proportion of patients in institutional care at 3 months. Even after adjustment for available prognostic indicators, case fatality is lower and functional outcome is better in patients treated in stroke units than in patients treated in general wards. CONCLUSION:... (More)
- BACKGROUND: Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register on stroke care, provides unique opportunities to evaluate stroke units in routine clinical care. METHODS: Basic patient characteristics, process indicators and outcome variables are recorded in all 85 hospitals admitting acute stroke patients. A 3-month follow-up is included. RESULTS: There are wide variations between hospitals in the proportion of patients admitted to a stroke unit, in secondary prevention and in the proportion of patients in institutional care at 3 months. Even after adjustment for available prognostic indicators, case fatality is lower and functional outcome is better in patients treated in stroke units than in patients treated in general wards. CONCLUSION: Riks-Stroke shows that outcome is consistently better in patients treated in a stroke unit than in general wards, not only in randomised trials but also in routine stroke care. (Less)
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- Asplund, Kjell ; Hulter Asberg, Kerstin ; Norrving, Bo LU ; Stegmayr, Birgitta ; Terent, Andreas and Wester, Per-Olov
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- 2003
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- Cerebrovascular Diseases
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- 15
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- Suppl. 1
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- 5 - 7
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- Karger
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- pmid:12649604
- scopus:0037236578
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- 1421-9786
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- 10.1159/000068203
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- English
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abstract = {{BACKGROUND: Riks-Stroke, the Swedish national quality register on stroke care, provides unique opportunities to evaluate stroke units in routine clinical care. METHODS: Basic patient characteristics, process indicators and outcome variables are recorded in all 85 hospitals admitting acute stroke patients. A 3-month follow-up is included. RESULTS: There are wide variations between hospitals in the proportion of patients admitted to a stroke unit, in secondary prevention and in the proportion of patients in institutional care at 3 months. Even after adjustment for available prognostic indicators, case fatality is lower and functional outcome is better in patients treated in stroke units than in patients treated in general wards. CONCLUSION: Riks-Stroke shows that outcome is consistently better in patients treated in a stroke unit than in general wards, not only in randomised trials but also in routine stroke care.}},
author = {{Asplund, Kjell and Hulter Asberg, Kerstin and Norrving, Bo and Stegmayr, Birgitta and Terent, Andreas and Wester, Per-Olov}},
issn = {{1421-9786}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{Suppl. 1}},
pages = {{5--7}},
publisher = {{Karger}},
series = {{Cerebrovascular Diseases}},
title = {{Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000068203}},
doi = {{10.1159/000068203}},
volume = {{15}},
year = {{2003}},
}