Factors That Influence the Stroke Care Team’s Effectiveness in Reducing the Length of Hospital Stay | Zendy

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Factors That Influence the Stroke Care Team’s Effectiveness in Reducing the Length of Hospital Stay

Author(s) -

Loes Schouten,

Marlies Hulscher,

Reinier Akkermans,

J.J.E. van Everdingen,

Richard Grol,

Robbert Huijsman

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.510537

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , physical therapy , mechanical engineering , engineering

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a quality improvement program for improving stroke care and the determinants of success at the team and hospital levels. Method- For 16 months, 23 multidisciplinary stroke service teams participated in a quality improvement collaborative designed to set up stroke services and reduce the length of hospital stay (LOHS). We monitored the LOHS and the discharge delay during the project and measured indicators of well organized stroke services at baseline and after the intervention. A multiple and multilevel regression model was used to relate the outcome variables to the team and hospital characteristics. National LOHS figures served as reference data.

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