Regional variation in acute stroke care organisation
Journal article
Muñoz-Venturelli, Paula, Robinson, Thompson, Olavarría, Verónica V., Arima, Hisaromi, Billot, Laurent, Hackett, Maree L., Lim, Joyce y., Middleton, Sandy, Pontes-Neto, Octavio, Peng, Bin, Cui, Liying, Song, Lily, Mead, Gillian, Watkins, Caroline, Lin, Ruey-Tay, Lee, Tsong-Hai, Pandian, Jeyaraj, de Silva, H. Asita, Anderson, Craig S. and the HeadPoST Investigators. (2016). Regional variation in acute stroke care organisation. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 371, pp. 126-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2016.10.026
Authors | Muñoz-Venturelli, Paula, Robinson, Thompson, Olavarría, Verónica V., Arima, Hisaromi, Billot, Laurent, Hackett, Maree L., Lim, Joyce y., Middleton, Sandy, Pontes-Neto, Octavio, Peng, Bin, Cui, Liying, Song, Lily, Mead, Gillian, Watkins, Caroline, Lin, Ruey-Tay, Lee, Tsong-Hai, Pandian, Jeyaraj, de Silva, H. Asita, Anderson, Craig S. and the HeadPoST Investigators |
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Abstract | Background: Few studies have assessed regional variation in the organisation of stroke services, particularly health care resourcing, presence of protocols and discharge planning. Our aim was to compare stroke care organisation within middle- (MIC) and high-income country (HIC) hospitals participating in the Head Positioning in Stroke Trial (HeadPoST). Methods: HeadPoST is an on-going international multicenter crossover cluster-randomized trial of ‘sitting-up’ versus ‘lying-flat’ head positioning in acute stroke. As part of the start-up phase, one stroke care organisation questionnaire was completed at each hospital. The World Bank gross national income per capita criteria was used for classification. Results: 94 hospitals from 9 countries completed the questionnaire, 51 corresponding to MIC and 43 to HIC. Most participating hospitals had a dedicated stroke care unit/ward, with access to diagnostic services and expert stroke physicians, and offering intravenous thrombolysis. There was a no difference for the presence of a dedicated multidisciplinary stroke team, although greater access to a broad spectrum of rehabilitation therapists in HIC compared to MIC hospitals was observed. Significantly more patients arrived within a 4-hour window of symptoms onset in HIC hospitals (41 vs. 13%; P<0.001), and a significantly higher proportion of acute ischemic stroke patients received intravenous thrombolysis (10 vs. 5%; P=0.002) compared to MIC hospitals. Conclusions: Although all hospitals provided advanced care for people with stroke, differences were found in stroke care organisation and treatment. Future multilevel analyses aims to determine the influence of specific organisational factors on patient outcomes. |
Keywords | stroke; stroke care; acute ischemic stroke; intracerebral hemorrhage; thrombolysis; in- and out-hospital stroke care organisation |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
Journal citation | 371, pp. 126-130 |
Publisher | Elsevier B.V. |
ISSN | 0022-510X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2016.10.026 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84992549134 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 126-130 |
Funder | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 Oct 2016 |
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Accepted | 17 Oct 2016 |
Grant ID | NHMRC/1066966 |
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