Authors' reply to Hill and Rudd

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK steve.morris@ucl.ac.uk.
² Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
⁴ Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ King's College London Stroke Research Patients and Family Group, Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
⁸ University of Manchester Stroke and Vascular Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.
⁹ Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK National Institute of Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.

Comment

Stephen Morris et al. BMJ. 2014.

. 2014 Sep 23:349:g5717.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5717.

¹ Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK steve.morris@ucl.ac.uk.
² Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
⁴ Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ King's College London Stroke Research Patients and Family Group, Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
⁸ University of Manchester Stroke and Vascular Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.
⁹ Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK National Institute of Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Comment on

Impact of centralising acute stroke services in English metropolitan areas on mortality and length of hospital stay: difference-in-differences analysis.
Morris S, Hunter RM, Ramsay AI, Boaden R, McKevitt C, Perry C, Pursani N, Rudd AG, Schwamm LH, Turner SJ, Tyrrell PJ, Wolfe CD, Fulop NJ. Morris S, et al. BMJ. 2014 Aug 5;349:g4757. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g4757. BMJ. 2014. PMID: 25098169 Free PMC article.
Centralising acute stroke services: study confounded by financial investment.
Hill AM. Hill AM. BMJ. 2014 Sep 23;349:g5710. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5710. BMJ. 2014. PMID: 25249194 No abstract available.
Study on centralising acute stroke services provides no firm conclusions.
Rudd MP. Rudd MP. BMJ. 2014 Sep 23;349:g5715. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5715. BMJ. 2014. PMID: 25249287 No abstract available.