Journal article
Influence of stroke coordinators on delivery of acute stroke care and hospital outcomes: An observational study
T Purvis, MF Kilkenny, S Middleton, DA Cadilhac
International Journal of Stroke | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: Stroke coordinators have been inconsistently used in various countries to support stroke care in hospital. Aim: To investigate the association between stroke coordinators and the provision of evidence-based care and patient outcomes in hospitals with acute stroke units. Methods: Observational study using cross-sectional data from the 2015 National Acute Services Audit Program (Australia): including a retrospective medical record audit (40 records from each hospital) and a self-reported survey of organizational resources for stroke. Multilevel random effects logistic regression for patient outcomes including complications, independence on discharge, and death. Median regression fo..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: Dominique Cadilhac holds a research fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NMHRC) (1063761 co-funded by Heart Foundation), and a restricted educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim for work unrelated to this project. Monique Kilkenny holds an Early Career Fellowship from the NHMRC (1109426).