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. 2003:15 Suppl 1:5-7.
doi: 10.1159/000068203.

Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care

Kjell Asplund  1 , Kerstin Hulter Asberg, Bo Norrving, Birgitta Stegmayr, Andreas Terént, Per-Olov Wester; Riks-Stroke Collaboration
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Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care

Kjell Asplund et al. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2003.

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.

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