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

Kjell Asplund; Kerstin Hulter Asberg; Bo Norrving; Birgitta Stegmayr; Andreas Terent; Per-Olov Wester

doi:10.1159/000068203

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

Kjell Asplund, Kerstin Hulter Asberg, Bo Norrving, Birgitta Stegmayr, Andreas Terent, Per-Olov Wester

Norrland University Hospital

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-7
Journal	Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume	15
Issue number	Suppl. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000068203
Publication status	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

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